Easy Winners (album)

Easy Winners
Studio album by Max Roach Double Quartet
Released	1985
Recorded	January 4, 7 & 8, 1985
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:05
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Max Roach
Max Roach chronology
Survivors (1984) Easy Winners (1985) Bright Moments (1986)

Easy Winners is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, recorded in 1985 for the Italian Soul Note label. ^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The wide variety of colors and the consistently-strong improvisations make this a highly recommended set of stirring music". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "Bird Says" (Cecil Bridgewater) - 12:48
2. "Sis" (Odean Pope) - 6:33
3. "A Little Booker" (Max Roach) - 13:50
4. "Easy Winners" (Scott Joplin) - 4:54

• Recorded at the Platinum Factory in Brooklyn, New York on January 4, 7-8, 1985

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums
• Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet
• Odean Pope - tenor saxophone
• John McLaughlin Williams, Cecelia Hobbs - violin
• Maxine Roach - viola
• Eileen Folson - cello
• Tyrone Brown - electric bass
• Ray Mantilla - percussion (track 1)

References

1. Max Roach discography accessed May 25, 2011
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed May 25, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1221. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.