Booker Little 4 & Max Roach LP cover art

Tone Poet · Oct 4, 2024

Booker Little 4 & Max Roach LP

Booker Little

Released
Oct 4, 2024
Pressed At
Record Technology Inc
Producer
Joe Harley
Mastered
Kevin Gray
Edition
1 LP

Liner Notes

Memphis-born trumpeter Booker Little was a bright light of the jazz world who died tragically young at age 23. A prodigiously talented hornman as well as a composer, Little first came to prominence as a member of Max Roach ’s band which he joined in 1956 after the death of Clifford Brown, another trumpet great gone far too soon.

The full breadth of Little’s artistry leaps out of the grooves with his brilliant tone, astonishing technique, and inventive lines matched by Roach’s fiery drums throughout this engaging set that also featured George Coleman on tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Art Davis on bass. The album opens with Miles Davis’ “Milestones” and includes the standards “Sweet and Lovely” and a stunning version of “Moonlight Becomes You,” but the album’s centerpiece is the trio of Little originals: “Rounder’s Mood,” “Dungeon Waltz,” and “Jewel’s Tempo.”

Little only made a handful of albums as a leader during his brief career including his astounding debut Booker Little 4 & Max Roach recorded in 1958 for United Artists when he was just 20 years old.

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Personnel

  • Art DavisBass
  • Booker LittleTrumpet, Arranged By
  • Booker Little 4
  • Carole Reiff GalletlyPhotography By [Embodying Photo of Booker Little 4 By]
  • George ColemanTenor Saxophone
  • Hugh Bell StudiosPhotography By [Cover Photo]
  • Joe HarleySupervised By [Reissue Supervised By]
  • Jon HendricksLiner Notes
  • Kevin GrayMastered By, Lacquer Cut By
  • Lewis MerrittEngineer [Recording]
  • Max Roach
  • Max RoachDrums
  • Stephen Haas StudioLayout
  • Tom Wilson (2)Producer, Directed By
  • Tommy FlanaganPiano

Track List

Side A

3 cuts
  1. 1.MilestonesA1
  2. 2.Sweet And LovelyA2
  3. 3.Rounders Mood B1:. Dungeon WaltzA3

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