Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words (1958)

Tracklist

01 - You Stepped Out Of A Dream
02 - Filide
03 - It's You Or No One
04 - Jodie's Cha-Cha
05 - Deeds, Not Words
06 - Larry-Larue
07 - Conversation
08 - There Will Never Be Another You

personnel :

Max Roach - drums
Booker Little - trumpet
Ray Draper - tuba
George Coleman - tenor saxophone
Art Davis - bass (tracks: 1 to 6)
Oscar Pettiford - bass (track: 8)

This CD reissue of a Max Roach Riverside date is notable for featuring the great young trumpeter Booker Little and for utilizing Ray Draper's tuba as a melody instrument; tenor saxophonist George Coleman and bassist Art Davis complete the excellent quintet. Highlights include "It's You or No One," "You Stepped Out of a Dream," and Roach's unaccompanied drum piece "Conversation." This is fine music from a group that was trying to stretch themselves beyond hard bop.