Explorations...to the Mth Degree, by Max Roach & Mal Waldron

Explorations...to the Mth Degree

by Max Roach & Mal Waldron

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Original 1999 2CD with booklet & jewel case. New but not shrink wrapped.

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1.	Flirtations 07:57	buy track
2.	Diversions 00:50	buy track
3.	Homecoming 03:37	buy track
4.	Action 01:04	buy track
5.	Interaction 04:48	buy track
6.	One 03:21	buy track
7.	Mistral Breeze 06:09	buy track
8.	Bounce 'em 03:03	buy track
9.	Brush 'em 01:49	buy track
10.	Jet Downing Time 05:01	buy track
11.	In a Transitory Mood 01:55	buy track
12.	Free for C.T. 06:57	buy track
13.	Snake Out 02:15	buy track
14.	Sparring 03:14	buy track
15.	Into the Void 03:14	buy track
16.	Clouds 09:28	buy track
17.	Hitting It 03:17	buy track
18.	Symbolic Cymbals 00:34	buy track
19.	Soul Eyes 06:06	buy track
20.	Scramble 01:27	buy track
21.	Once Over Lightly 02:16	buy track
22.	Groovin' Out 05:02	buy track
23.	A Threesome Thing 01:54	buy track
24.	Our Coline's a Treasure 04:19	buy track
25.	A Little Taste 01:19	buy track
26.	What It Is 06:28	buy track
27.	The Theme 01:50	buy track
28.	You Don't Know What Love Is 06:15	buy track
29.	Happy Birthday 01:08	buy track
30.	Monk's Dream 06:21	buy track
31.	Ending 00:49	buy track

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A great double album of duo performances between pioneering jazz drummer Max Roach and pianist Mal Waldron, presenting the complete celebration concert for Waldon's 70th birthday. Not only the concert but the soundcheck and informal exchanges were caught on tape, including Max Roach's vocal tribute.

Max Roach: drums
Mal Waldron: piano

Recorded at the Desingel Arts Centre, Antwerp, Belgium. 20 Sept 1995.

“A release of considerable historical importance.” - Ron Watson, Voice

“A master class in how great drumming is as much about timbre as rhythm...it is an astonishing sense of time that allows Roach and Waldron to play and listen at once. They play subtly out of time, creating non linear possibilities; total flow in two directions. This release is a manifesto for the unassailable - and unsuperseded - virtues of swing.” - Ben Watson, Jazziz

“Roach's timbral palette is so deft his contributions are practically orchestral. Having avoided the trap of self-emulation, these two veterans can now stretch out and have fun.” - Hi-Fi News & Record Review

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released February 1, 1999

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Free jazz, contemporary jazz and improvised recorded music label founded by saxophonist George Haslam in 1989, which has released over 250 albums.

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