Members, Don't Git Weary

Members, Don't Git Weary
Members, Don't Git Weary
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	1968
Recorded	June 25 & 26, 1968; New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:17
Label	Atlantic; SD 1510
Producer	Joel Dorn
Max Roach chronology

Members, Don't Git Weary is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1968 and released on the Atlantic label.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Alex Henderson calls it "One of the finest post-bop dates Roach recorded during that decade".^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Stanley Cowell except as indicated

"Abstrutions" - 3:40
"Libra" (Gary Bartz) - 4:58
"Effi" - 6:15
"Equipoise" - 6:22
"Members, Don't Git Weary" (Max Roach) - 5:32
"Absolutions" (Jymie Merritt) - 4:39

Recorded in New York on June 25 (tracks 2-4 & 6) and June 26 (tracks 1 & 5), 1968

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Max Roach discography accessed September 25, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed September 25, 2012
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

[1] Max Roach discography accessed September 25, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed September 25, 2012

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Hull-4] Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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