| Speak, Brother, Speak! | ||||
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| Released | 1963 | |||
| Recorded | October 27, 1962 | |||
| Venue | The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:33 | |||
| Label | Fantasy LP 6007 | |||
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Speak, Brother, Speak! is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released by the Fantasy label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Down Beat | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
| Tom Hull | A− [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "The music is somewhere between hard bop and the avant-garde, and the musicians really push each other, although the results are not quite essential. Clifford Jordan fans in particular will find this to be an interesting set". [2]
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