Percussion Bitter Sweet

Percussion Bitter Sweet
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	Late 1961
Recorded	August 1, 3, 8 & 9, 1961 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:50
Label	Impulse! A-8
Producer	Max Roach
Max Roach chronology
We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1]
AllMusic	[2]

Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records. It was trumpeter Booker Little's last recording before his death of uremia in October 1961.

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach, except where noted

1. "Garvey's Ghost" - 7:53
2. "Mama" - 4:50
3. "Tender Warriors" - 6:52
4. "Praise for a Martyr" - 7:09
5. "Mendacity" (Chips Bayen, Max Roach) - 8:54
6. "Man From South Africa" - 5:12

Tracks 1 and 5 recorded on August 1, 1961; #2 and 3 on August 3; #4 on August 8 and #6 on August 9, 1961.

Personnel

• Booker Little - trumpet
• Julian Priester - trombone
• Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Art Davis - double bass
• Max Roach - drums, percussion
• Carlos Valdes - congas (1, 3, 6)
• Carlos Eugenio - cowbell (1, 3, 6)
• Abbey Lincoln - vocal (1, 5)

Production

• Margo Guryan - liner notes

References

1. Down Beat: January 4, 1962 vol. 29, no. 1
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/percussion-bitter-sweet-mw0000095699