Max Roach - M'Boom (1979) 320 kbps

Tracklist

"Onomatopoeia" (Omar Clay) - 5:17
"Twinkle Toes" (Warren Smith) - 3:33
"Caravanserai" (Joe Chambers) - 4:01
"January V" - 3:24
"The Glorious Monster" - 6:46
"Rumble in the Jungle" (Clay) - 7:15
"Morning/Midday" (Clay, Smith) - 6:50
"Epistrophy" (Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk) - 4:28
"Kujichaglia" (Roy Brooks) - 6:27

In 1979 Max Roach founded M'Boom, a group consisting of eight percussionists. Their debut recording (which has been reissued on this Columbia CD) is far from being a monotonous drum battle. In fact, through the utilization of a wide range of instruments that include chimes, timbales, marimba, vibes, xylophone, tympani, various bells and steel drums, there are quite a lot of melodies to be heard during these nine performances (which are all group originals other than Thelonious Monk's "Epistrophy"). This is a particularly colorful set that is easily recommended not only to jazz and percussion fans but to followers of World music.~ Scott Yanow