MAX ROACH "THE LOADSTAR" (HORO, 1977)

 

 

Resurrected post with a high defintion vinyl rip.

Here's the original write up:

Horo Number 3 from I Forgot Clifford. I had 5 Max Roach discs on Clifford, and 2 of them were in the top ten (this one and Confirmation). This may be a bit surprising since much of the blog had free jazz. Max transcended generations having bopped with Bird and later played with Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Shepp, hip hoppers, MBoom, etc. I have posted this one because it is very rare and contains a lot of music. As noted previously, Billy Harper is great on this disc. If you are new to Max's drums, listen to the dialogue he sets up between snare and bass drum. The last of this breed may be Roy Haynes. 

 

Billy Harper, tenor saxophone
Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet
Reggie Workman, double bass
Max Roach, drums

1. The Matyr  32:41
2. Six Bits Blues 34:23


Recorded at Mama Dog Studio July 27, 1977 in Rome.

Horo Records HDP 9-10

(high definition vinyl rip)

  in flac with pictures from the web

 

Thanks to Pablo for the rip and the idea of reposting it in the first place.