Caravan Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I don't believe it. They (Max & Ornette) played together at the "alternative" Newport festival, ca. 1960, in a quartet with Mingus and Dorham. There is a famous photo of that (somewhere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Yes I know about it, the Newport Rebels. And I know the foto, always was quit amused there are more dogs in the background than "audience" or "fans", or did the dogs dig what they heard, maybe ! But now that I´m reading the Mingus Book "Mingus Speaks", he stated that he was not pleased with OC on stage and that he sounded poor when he tried to play a standard. Well I know the version of Ornette Coleman of Parker´s "Klaktoveesedsteene" with Paul Bley. Ornette isn´t that bad, plays some fresh stuff on it, but I think after one chorus he lost the form or wasn´t interested anymore in the form. Well, maybe Max Roach later changed his mind, maybe when he himself started to go more "far out", and.....last not least, didn´t Max record with Cecil Taylor......and compared to Cecil Taylor, OC is almost traditional..... And the stuff Max did around 1985 with just a string quartet, (not the double quartet, only drums and a classical stringquartet): Sounds like the stuff Ornette Coleman would do with strings with Denardo on drums, it sounds very similar to that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I don't believe it. They (Max & Ornette) played together at the "alternative" Newport festival, ca. 1960, in a quartet with Mingus and Dorham. There is a famous photo of that (somewhere). There's a copy of that picture in the Mingus Candid Mosaic booklet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Hey all- I've never posted before, but I've been lurking for a couple months and have really enjoyed a lot of the discussion going on around here. I have a simple question -- does anyone know of a good Max Roach biography? He's a guy I've always wanted to learn some more about, but I've never come across a biography. He's certainly a worthy subject. Thanks in advance. "Quintet of the Year" by Geoffrey Haydon has a nice chapter on Max I second this. IIRC, Haydon was friends with Roach. You have a couple of interesting references here: http://ncpedia.org/roach-max F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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