Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series) [Used Very Good Vinyl L
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Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series) [Used Very Good Vinyl L

Artist: Max Roach

Title: Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series)

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Misc Product

UPC: 602478262890

Release Date: 2025

Record Label: Verve

Percussion Bitter Sweet, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, is one of preeminent jazz drummer Max Roach's most politically charged and musically expansive recordings. Recorded over two days in September 1960 at Universal Studios in Chicago, the record reflects Roach's deepening engagement with themes of social justice and Pan-African identity. The ensemble features trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, and tuba innovator Ray Draper, alongside Roach's own commanding blend of cymbal textures, mallets, and explosive rhythmic detail. The inclusion of vocalist Abbey Lincoln - Roach's artistic and political partner at the time - adds urgency and emotional power to the project's most pointed statements. Elsewhere, "Mama" and "Praise for a Martyr" explore personal and collective grief through dynamic interplay and modal intensity. The Verve Vault series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

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