It's Time (Max Roach album)

It's Time
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	1962
Recorded	February 15, 26–27, 1962
Studio	Fine Recording Ballroom Studio A New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:51
Label	Impulse! A-16
Producer	Bob Thiele
Max Roach chronology
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Money Jungle (1963)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Down Beat	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
Tom Hull	B+ ( ) [5]

It's Time is a 1962 album by jazz drummer Max Roach, released on Impulse! Records which also features trumpeter Richard Williams, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Art Davis, and a vocal choir conducted by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Singer Abbey Lincoln appears on "Lonesome Lover". ^[1]

Track listing

All composed by Max Roach

1. "It's Time" – 6:44
2. "Another Valley" – 8:46
3. "Sunday Afternoon" – 6:16
4. "Living Room" – 7:31
5. "The Profit" – 7:32
6. "Lonesome Lover" – 7:02

Recorded on February 15 (tracks 1, 4), February 26 (tracks 2, 5), February 27 (tracks 3, 6), 1962.

Personnel

• Max Roach – drums
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Julian Priester – trombone
• Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
• Mal Waldron – piano
• Art Davis – bass
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – conductor
• Abbey Lincoln – vocals (#6)

References

1. Yanow, Scott. It's Time at AllMusic . Retrieved August 21, 2020.
2. Down Beat , October 25, 1962, vol. 29, no. 27
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.