Max Roach + 4

Max Roach + 4
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	October 12, 1956
Recorded	September 17, 19 & 20, 1956 New York City
Genre	Jazz, Hard bop
Length	37:38
Label	EmArcy MG 36098
Producer	Bob Shad
Max Roach chronology
Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Max Roach + 4 (1956) Jazz in ¾ Time (1956-57)

Max Roach + 4 is an LP recorded by jazz drummer Max Roach, which featured Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Ray Bryant on piano, and George Morrow on bass.^[1] It was the first album Roach recorded after his collaborators, trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell, died in a car crash in June 1956.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "worthy set".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

1. "Ezz-Thetic" (George Russell) – 9:18
2. "Dr. Free-Zee" – 2:06
3. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 7:18
4. "Mr X." – 5:15
5. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 6:50
6. "Woody 'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:51
7. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 8:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Minor Trouble" (Ray Bryant) - 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded in New York City on September 17 (tracks 3-5) and September 19 (tracks 1, 2 & 6), 1956 and at Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California on March 18 (tracks 7 & 8) and March 20 (tracks 9), 1957

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums
• Kenny Dorham - trumpet
• Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
• Ray Bryant (tracks 1-6), Bill Wallace (tracks 7-9) - piano
• George Morrow - bass

References