{"product_id":"max-roach-percussion-bitter-sweet-verve-vault-series","title":"Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet (Verve Vault Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMax Roach's Percussion Bitter Sweet joins the Verve Vault Series on 180-gram vinyl, bringing back one of the great drummer's boldest political statements from 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing We Insist!, Roach recorded this Impulse! album with producer Bob Thiele and a remarkable band: Booker Little on trumpet, Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Julian Priester on trombone, Mal Waldron on piano and Art Davis on bass. Abbey Lincoln adds her voice to two tracks, and Cuban percussionists Carlos \"Patato\" Valdes and Carlos \"Totico\" Eugenio deepen the rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Garvey's Ghost\" honors Marcus Garvey with a haunting, Afro-Cuban groove and Lincoln's wordless singing. \"Mendacity\" turns her voice toward pointed commentary on political dishonesty, while \"Man from South Africa\" looks toward the struggle against apartheid and \"Tender Warriors\" balances urgency with real grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoach's drumming drives everything, melodic and commanding, never simply keeping time. The horn writing is dense and searching, with Little and Dolphy in particular pushing each other into thrilling territory. Davis and Waldron hold the center steady while the soloists roam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Verve Vault pressing restores an essential chapter of jazz's civil rights era, music that still sounds urgent and alive. It sits naturally beside We Insist! on any shelf that values jazz with something to say.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57518431535409,"sku":"602478262890","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Max_Roach-Percussion_Bitter_Sweet_Verve_Vault_Series.jpg?v=1794677612","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/max-roach-percussion-bitter-sweet-verve-vault-series","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}