Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36132: Max Roach Plus Four On The Chicago Scene

MG-36132: Max Roach Plus Four On The Chicago Scene

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36132A-1 A MS1 M
	SIDE-B	MG-36132B-1 B MS1 M

Comments

writing on back cover; taped seams on the both top/bottom jacket.

Later reissued as Mercury MG-20559 (mono) and Mercury SR-60128 (stereo), but it is very doubtful that these 2nd issue was actually released.

Inside The Groove

Max Roach's fine Hard-Bop session featuring a new star Booker Little.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This album is maybe one of the finest example of Hard-Bop style Jazz in the late 1950s. The most noticeable thing is that this is maybe the first recording for young trumpetter Booker Little. Little plays and blows like he exactly is in all tunes.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	16982	Shirley (mono version) (George Coleman)	6:40
A-2	16986	My Old Flame (mono version) (Coslow - Johnston)	3:37
A-3	16985 (JB326)	Sporty (Bill Lee)	6:47
SIDE-B
B-1	16984 (JB325)	Stella By Starlight (Young - Washington)	4:20
B-2	16987	Stompin' At The Savoy (mono edit) (Sampson - Goodman - Webb - Razaf)	2:52
B-3	16983	Memo: To Maurice (mono version) (Eddy Baker)	7:40

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Mono takes of “Shirley”, “My Old Flame” and “Memo: To Maurice” are different from those of stereo takes. Furthermore, “Stompin' At The Savoy” has different outchorus between mono/stereo versions.

Booker Little (tp), George Coleman (ts),
Eddie Baker (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Max Roach (ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL on June 3, 1958.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Max Roach (ds, ldr) :

EmArcy MG-26043 10-inch : Clifford Brown & Max Roach
EmArcy MG-36008 : Clifford Brown & Max Roach Incorporated
EmArcy MG-36036 : Clifford Brown & Max Roach
EmArcy MG-36037 : Study In Brown / Clifford Brown & Max Roach
EmArcy MG-36070 : Clifford Brown & Max Roach At Basin Street
EmArcy MG-36098 : Max Roach Plus Four
EmArcy MG-36108 / SR-80002 : Jazz In Three-Quarter Time
EmArcy MG-36127 / SR-80019 : Max Roach Plus Four Plays Charlie Parker
EmArcy MG-36132 : Max Roach Plus Four On The Chicago Scene
EmArcy MG-36140 / SR-80010 : Max Roach Plus Four At Newport
EmArcy MG-36144 / SR-80015 : Max Roach With The Boston Percussion Ensemble
Mercury MG-20448 / SR-60133 : Rich Versus Roach / Buddy Rich & Max Roach
Mercury MG-20491 / SR-60170 : Quiet As It's Kept
Mercury MG-20524 / SR-60201 : Max Roach Plus Four At Newport (reissue of MG-36140 / SR-80010)
Mercury MG-20529 / SR-60206 : Max Roach With The Boston Percussion Ensemble (reissue of MG-36144 / SR-80015)
Mercury MG-20532 / SR-60209 : Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (reissue of MG-36127 / SR-80019)
Mercury MG-20538 / SR-60193 : Jazz In Three-Quartet Time (reissue of MG-36108 / SR-80002)
Mercury MG-20539 / SR-60215 : Moon Faced And Starry Eyed
Mercury MG-20559 / SR-60128 : Max Roach Plus Four On The Chicago Scene (reissue of MG-36132)
Mercury MG-20760 / SR-60760 : Parisian Sketches
Mercury MG-20911 / SR-60911 : The Many Sides Of Max

EmArcy MG-36000 : Dinah Jams Featuring Dinah Washington
EmArcy MG-36002 : Jam Session / Various Artists
EmArcy MG-36003 : Clifford Brown With Strings
EmArcy MG-36009 : Jam Session Featuring Maynard Ferguson
EmArcy MG-36039 : Best Coast Jazz / Various Artists
EmArcy MG-36043 : Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
EmArcy MG-36066 : Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and his All-Stars
EmArcy MG-36102 : Caravan / Clifford Brown All-Stars
EmArcy MG-36141 / SR-80019 : Newport '58 / Various Artists
Mercury MG-35012 / MG C-102 / MG C-502 10-inch : Piano Solos / Bud Powell
Mercury MG C-109 10-inch : Flip Phillips Collates
Mercury MG C-507 10-inch : Piano Solos, No.2 / Bud Powell
Mercury MG C-512 10-inch : Bird & Diz / Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Mercury MG C-513 10-inch : Charlie Parker Plays South Of The Border
Mercury MG-20523 / SR-60200 : Newport '58 / Various Artists (reissue of MG-36141 / SR-80009)