[ Riverside Records / LP ]
Release Date: Monday 27 May 2013
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This LP reissue of a Max Roach Riverside date is notable for featuring the great young trumpeter Booker Little and for utilizing Ray Draper's tuba as a melody instrument; tenor saxophonist George Coleman and bassist Art Davis complete the excellent quintet. Highlights include "It's You or No One," "You Stepped Out of a Dream," and Roach's unaccompanied drum piece "Conversation." This is fine music from a group that was trying to stretch themselves beyond hard bop.
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 7:46
"Filide" (Ray Draper) - 7:06
"It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:14
"Jodie's Cha-Cha" (Bill Lee) - 4:56
"Deeds, Not Words" (Lee) - 4:34
"Larry-Larue" (Booker Little) - 5:13
"Conversation" (Max Roach) - 3:48
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 5:50