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We insist! Max Roach´s Freedom Now Suite

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Trumslagaren Max Roach skrev Freedom Now Suite tillsammans med textförfattaren Oscar Brown Jr och den blev en milstolpe i den afro-amerikanska kulturen. En stark uppgörelse med både apartheid i Sydafrika och rasismen i USA. Roach driver på med sina trummor, i samspel med den afrikanske slagverkaren Olatunji, medan Abbey Lincoln framför de vassa texterna. I övrigt medverkar Coleman Hawkins ts (1 spår), Walter Benton ts, Julian Priester tb, Booker Little tp, James Schenek b samt Raymond Mantillo och Tomas du Vall perc på två spår. Återutgivning på svenska Amigo med originalomslag i faksimil med Nat Hentoffs baksidestext.

"...Hawkins is particularly impressive, as his emotional range during the deep and dour, 5/4 slave song "Driva' Man" clearly feeds off of Lincoln's blues singing about quittin' time. "Triptych; Prayer/Peace/Protest" is the magnum opus of the set, introduced by Roach's signature drum moves, an eerie operatic vocal or oppressed angst yelling from Lincoln, and a 5/4 beat from the percussionist against a calmer vocal component, all written for interpretive dance. Of the modern jazz that Roach is renowned for, the horns jump into furious hard bop with solos from Little, Benton, and Priester on "Freedom Day" after Lincoln quietly invites you to "whisper/listen," while the obscure bassist James Schenck leads in 6/8 and 5/4 ostinato over Lincoln's sustained tones on "Tears for Johannesburg," with the layered horns in and out of well-wrought harmonies, and another triad of instrumental solos....This is a pivotal work in the discography of Roach and African-American music in general, its importance growing in relevance and timely, postured, real emotional output. Every modern man, woman, and child could learn exponentially listening to this recording -- a hallmark for living life." (Michael G Nastos, allmusic.com)
5 spår; speltid 36:43.

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Skivbolag: Amigo AMLP 810 (1960)

Format: LP

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