1979 live album by Max Roach & Archie Shepp
The Long March is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach and saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in 1979 for the Swiss Hathut label.[1]
Reception [ edit ] The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The Long March is one of the truly important duet records in post-bop era jazz history".[2]
Track listing [ edit ] All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated "J.C. Moses" - 5:52 "Sophisticated Lady " (Duke Ellington , Irving Mills , Mitchell Parish ) - 5:46 "The Long March" - 26:17 "U-Jaa-Ma" (Archie Shepp) - 12:30 "Triptych" - 7:26 "Giant Steps " (John Coltrane ) - 5:35 "South Africa Goddamn" - 20:09 "It's Time" - 9:36 Recorded at the Jazz Festival Willisau '79 in Willisau, Switzerland on August 31, 1979 Personnel [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Albums The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58) Award-Winning Drummer (1958) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) MAX (1958) Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958) Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958) Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958) Deeds, Not Words (1958) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln , 1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich , 1959) The Many Sides of Max (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960) We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington , Charles Mingus , 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962) The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964) Drums Unlimited (1965) Members, Don't Git Weary (1968) Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) Re: Percussion (M'Boom , Strata-East , 1973) Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton , 1978) Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor , 1979) M'Boom (1979) One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton , 1979) Pictures in a Frame (1979) The Long March (and Archie Shepp , 1979) In the Light (1982) Live at Vielharmonie (1983) Collage (M'Boom, 1984) It's Christmas Again (1984) Scott Free (1984) Survivors (1984) Easy Winners (1985) Bright Moments (1986) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie , 1989) To the Max! (1990–91) With Clifford Brown Compilations