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Booker Little 4, Max Roach – Booker Little 4 & Max Roach

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$72.00
$72.00 - $72.00
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  • 180-gram LP

    Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape

    Plated and pressed at RTI

    Deluxe tip-on jacket

    The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

    Memphis-born trumpeter Booker Little was a bright light of the jazz world who died tragically young at age 23. A prodigiously talented hornman as well as a composer, Little first came to prominence as a member of Max Roach's band which he joined in 1956 after the death of Clifford Brown, another trumpet great gone far too soon. Little only made a handful of albums as a leader during his brief career including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in 1958 for United Artists when he was just 20 years old. The full breadth of Little's artistry leaps out of the grooves with his brilliant tone, astonishing technique, and inventive lines matched by Roach's fiery drums throughout this engaging set that also featured George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Art Davis on bass.

    The album opens with Miles Davis' "Milestones" and includes the standards "Sweet and Lovely" and a stunning version of "Moonlight Becomes You," but the album's centerpiece is the trio of Little originals: "Rounder's Mood," "Dungeon Waltz," and "Jewel's Tempo."

  • Artist: Max Roach, Booker Little 4
    Label: Blue Note, United Artists Records
    Format: LP
    Units: 1
    Country: Worldwide
    Genre: Jazz
    Style: Hard Bop
  • A1 Milestones
    A2 Sweet And Lovely
    A3 Rounders Mood
    B1 Dungeon Waltz
    B2 Jewel'S Tempo
    B3 Moonlight Becomes You