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We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite

Max Roach

Recorded	Aug 31 & Sep 6, 1960
Label	Candid
Released	1960
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 64368

The record

A blistering protest suite timed to the sit-in movement and African independence struggles, with Abbey Lincoln's screams on "Triptych" still among the rawest sounds committed to tape. Coleman Hawkins lends elder-statesman weight alongside Roach's insurgent young band, making Candid's boldest political statement in jazz.

Session personnel

James Schenck — bass
Babatunde Olatunji — congas [conga drums]
Max Roach — drums
Ray Mantilla — percussion
Tomas du Vall — percussion
Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
Walter Benton — tenor saxophone
Julian Priester — trombone
Booker Little — trumpet
Abbey Lincoln — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 47 pressings on file.

1961	Candid · CJM 8002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1961	Candid · CJM 8002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Candid · CJS 9002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1961	Candid · CJM 8002, — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Indianapolis Pressing
1962	Candid · SMJ-7032 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1970	Globe (9) · SMJX-10115 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1970	Globe (9) · SMJX-10115 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1972	Amigo · AMLP 810 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1977	Candid · SMJ-6169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1977	Candid · SMJ-6169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1977	Candid · SMJ-6169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1985	Candid · VIJ-6454 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1986	Candid · GJS 9002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1986	Candid · CS 9002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo