Percussion Bitter Sweet - Vinyl 2025BF50% on 31 May on Verve

on 31 May on Verve Records

Joel Ross – central park west

with a remarkable young band including pianist Chick Corea

and songwriter who

’ and a clutch of newly-composed Ellington pieces

Percussion Bitter Sweet - Vinyl 2025BF50% on 31 May on VervePercussion Bitter Sweet, released in 1961 on Impulse! Records, is one of preeminent jazz drummer Max Roachs most politically charged and musically expansive recordings. Recorded over two days in September 1960 at Universal Studios in Chicago, the record reflects Roachs deepening engagement with themes of social justice and Pan African identity. The ensemble features trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, and tuba innovator Ray