This 1957 album, originally released on Music Manager, finds Roach leading a sextet through a collection of originals and standards, recorded during a fertile period for the drummer.
- The album was recorded in New York City on September 10, 1957.
- Personnel on the album includes Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Tommy Turrentine on trumpet, William Green on baritone saxophone, Joe Henry on bass, and Joe Gordon on trumpet.
- The album was reissued on CD in 2002 by the Music Manager label.
Max Roach was a pivotal drummer and composer, a founding figure in the development of bebop and a bandleader who explored numerous styles in a career spanning decades. In 1957, he was a leading figure in the hard bop movement, having recently departed from his popular Clifford Brown quintet.
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