Max Roach + 4


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. 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

awarded the album 4½ stars calling it a "worthy set".

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
  1. "Ezz-Thetic" – 9:18
  2. "Dr. Free-Zee" – 2:06
  3. "Just One of Those Things" – 7:18
  4. "Mr X." – 5:15
  5. "Body and Soul" – 6:50
  6. "Woody 'n' You" – 6:51
  7. "It Don't Mean a Thing " - 4:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Love Letters" - 8:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Minor Trouble" - 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue