Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
Studio album by
Booker Little
Released1959
RecordedOctober 1958
GenreJazz
Length50:40
LabelUnited Artists
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Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (also released as The Defiant Ones) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1958 (and 1959 on the CD reissue) for the United Artists label.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Overall, this forward-looking hard bop set is easily recommended".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Tom HullB+ ((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Little except as indicated

  1. "Milestones" (John Lewis) – 5:33
  2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 4:13
  3. "Rounder's Mood" – 5:19
  4. "Dungeon Waltz" – 4:27
  5. "Jewel's Tempo" – 6:35
  6. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:40
  7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 10:44
  8. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 8:09

Recorded in New York City in October 1958 (at Nola Penthouse Studios, #1–6) and January 30, 1959 (#7–8, some sources suggest Olmsted Sound Studios, NYC, April 15, 1959).

Personnel

On #1–6

Originally released as United Artists UAL4034 (mono)/UAS5034 (stereo).

On #7–8 (1991 Blue Note CD reissue only)

Originally released as by Young Men From Memphis on Down Home Reunion, United Artists UAL4029 (mono)/UAS5029 (stereo).

References

  1. ↑ Booker Little discography accessed February 7, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
  3. ↑ DeMichael, Don (17 March 1960). "Booker Little: Booker Little 4 and Max Roach". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 6. pp. 36–38.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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