Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble

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Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble
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Live album by Max Roach
Released 1958
Recorded August 17, 1958
Venue The Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts
Genre Jazz
Label EmArcy
MG 36144
Producer Jack Tracy
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Max Roach and the Boston Percussion Ensemble is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1958 and released on the EmArcy label. [2]

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Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Harold Faberman.

  1. "Variations on a Familiar Theme"- 6:42
  2. "Evolution" - 18:05
  3. "The Music Inn Suite: The Music Inn #1" - 0:45
  4. "The Music Inn Suite: The Poodle Tower" - 2:51
  5. "The Music Inn Suite: Soliloquy #1" - 0:34
  6. "The Music Inn Suite: Potting Shed Passacaglia" - 3:28
  7. "The Music Inn Suite: Soliloquy #2" - 1:10
  8. "The Music Inn Suite: Stephanie B." - 2:16
  9. "The Music Inn Suite: Duo Concertante" - 2:16
  10. "The Music Inn Suite: The Music Inn #2" - 1:10

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Rating accessed September 21, 2012
  2. ↑ Max Roach discography accessed September 21, 2012
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