[JPL] Max Roach and unusual time signatures (corrected)

[ANTNYBROWN at aol.com]

> I was truly entertained by the repartee on the issue of pioneering unusual 
> time singatures, although I am genuinely surprised that no one mentioned Max 
> and company playing 5/4 on Love is a Many Splendored Thing on the Brown-Roach 
> Quintet's Live at Basin Street (Mercury 1956).
> 
> Max would bring his quartet regularly to San Francisco in the early 1980s, 
> appearing at the Keystone Korner, Great American Music Hall, et. al. 
> Reminiscing about his early days, Max would  recount how when he played the Bay Area 
> in the 1950s that local bands would open for him, and he recalled one in 
> particular: Dave Brubeck's.
> One distinctive feature of Take Five is how Brubeck comps behind Morello's 
> drum solo. It is noteworthy that Max was already soloing to accompaniment from 
> his fellow rhythm section mate pianist Richie Powell (and check out Max 
> soloing to walking bass on Sing, Sing, Sing [Rich Versus Roach, Mercury 1959]).
> 
> I hope to meet some of you Friday at my hero's home going.
> 
> 
> 
> Anthony Brown, Ph.D.
> Antnybrown at aol.com
> www.anthonybrown.org
> 1253 Haskell Street
> Berkeley, CA 94702
> (510) 428-2126
> 
> GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME! THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING, forthcoming 
> on University of California Press.
> 
> 
> 





Anthony Brown, Ph.D.
Antnybrown at aol.com
www.anthonybrown.org
1253 Haskell Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 428-2126




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