Friday, April 12, 2024

Max Plays Bird

 

 

Discovered this album this week simply because it was playing on Sirius XM's Real Jazz channel. We were rolling to school when the music sounded nice and I made note of the album. The next day I had the chance to give it a listen and was impressed. 

It's an interesting album. No piano and two horn players, base and drums. First of all, any of the greats playing Bird is bound to be great. Secondly, Max Roach always had an eye for talent and was a great band leader. I've always dug Hank Mobley on tenor. In college I discovered Kenny Dorham and he became one of my understated favorites. His tone sounds very much like a flugel player on trumpet. A fantastic bopper. 

This is a very nice album.