14 February 2021

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.


26 comments:

orleyfarm said...

Dear Pablo, I always had trouble leaving comments on Clifford so I hope this one comes through. This isn''t a thanks for Max Roach per se (but of course thanks for Max) but for everything you've been posting. Tuning into your collection has been an education for me and no doubt many others.

kinabalu said...

One reason, apart from the popularity of Max Roach himself, could be that Horo records are practically unobtainable these days. My no. 1 download up to now has been Lester Bowie's "African Children", also on Horo.

Anonymous said...

I've downloaded a couple records from this site over the past two days and I just wanted to thank you folks for all your effort in making this incredible music available for us.

I know acknowledgement is rare on these sites, in relation to the number of downloads. But this blog is spectacular and very much appreciated.

Bryan

slimstew said...

Thank you--I loved this band back in the day--used to go see its' various incarntions at the Keystone Korner in SF, CA, USA back in the day.

guijira said...

I love this blog and I miss I Forgot Clifford. I know I don't comment as much as I should, so let me offer up a Horo of my own to try and make things right.

Here is

Stafford James
Jazz A Confronto 26

Side One:
Costa Bruciata
Neptune’s Child

Side Two:
City of Dreams
I Ain’t Named It Yet

Recorded July 31, 1975

Stafford James- Bass
Enrico Rava- Trumpet
Dave Burrell- Piano
Beaver Harris- Drums

http://www.mediafire.com/?2mtuw3m4z04

downlowsoul said...

Damn....this is great. Many thanks.

Ms Hsieh, Mr. Graupera, and Mr. Silverman said...

Wow, thank you. Very heavy.

Anonymous said...

thank you...

JazzDoIt said...

Thanks for a superb one!. This quartet is amazing, I am looking all what they do. If anybody needs something else of this great lineup, here you have a couple:

1976 Nommo

Here

http://elgoog-ja.blogspot.com/2008/08/max-roach-quartet-nommo-1978-victor-smj.html

or Here:

http://avaxhome.ws/music/jazz/classic_jazz/Max_Roach_Quartet_-_Nommo.html

1977 Max Roach Quartet Live In Tokyo, Vol. 1 - Calvary; Vol. 2 - Scott Free

http://andifyouhadtwocoats.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

You have to look in this page for the albums and post a comment asking for the links.

If anybody know where to find the other Quartet record, I think would be welcome.

1977 Max Roach Quartet Live In Amsterdam - It's Time (Baystate (J) RVJ 6029)

1978 Max Roach - Confirmation (Fluid (F) FLU 103)

1979 Max Roach - Pictures In A Frame (Soul Note (It) SN 1003, 121003-2)

Anonymous said...

Roach was quite a talent, but I wish I could pull up the interview w/ him that I read once. (It was in a print magazine). Whether he was drunk, had a headache, or was just an intolerant bigot...I don't know, but in the interview he had venom toward so-called 'white' artists whom he claimed had stolen variations of African-American music. It's a looney-tunes rant that really destroys any sense of credibility about the guy. Apparently Roach was quite a racist, which is terribly sad.

Anonymous said...

I found one of them here- http://www.mediafire.com/?zxlzlayjlkn

mike said...

Hiya all!

Any chance of a FLAC re-post of this?

Thanks.

Ernst Grgo Nebhuth said...

1fichier

MrDave said...

Thank you for this new rip!
Cheers,
MrDave

kike said...

Thank you very much for this share. Amazing post!

ely said...

thanks. i have the lp version. this group, including it's successor w odean pope relacing harper, was one of the greatest bands of its time!

nikos said...

Thanks so much for this! Been looking for a lossless rip for ages. Now, hoping someone comes up with "Confirmation" (1978 same group but with Calvin Hill on bass instead of Workman).

Lezama said...

Your upload is in stereo? Seems to be in mono.

Nick said...

Yes, it got mixed down to mono.

BT said...

Thank-you so much

Porer said...

Thank you very much!

Otis Foster said...

Thnx ernst. Sound upgrade from 320. Great band - Bridgewater is terribly under-rated. I heard him in the Odean Pope version, in New Orleans, many years ago. The room was ready to explode when he finished his long and completely thought out solos.

indigonoir said...

Thanks for reposting this album Ernst. Absolutely fabulous!

Bender said...

Thanks for this gem!

ritzbird said...

Another cracker ! Great stuff Ernst !

rowgatien said...

Nice! Thank you ernst