A Variation

Max Roach · 1962 · Seconde face du disque live, 20 minutes

Context

Composition by Max Roach (20 min 30 s) that fills the second side of the album Speak, Brother, Speak!, released in 1963 on Fantasy. It was recorded live in San Francisco.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Speak, Brother, Speak (1962)
• Freedom Day (1961)

Sources

• EN: Speak, Brother, Speak!

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