Drums Unlimited
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Drums Unlimited

Max Roach · 1966 · Atlantic

Tracks

Personnel

Max Roach
Freddie Hubbard
JS

The assumption that drums exist only to keep time behind other instruments is upended on Max Roach's 1966 album Drums Unlimited, which pairs full quintet tracks with pieces built entirely from unaccompanied drum solos — an unusual move for a mainstream jazz label at the time.

Max Roach

Around 1966

Ascension (Edition II)
Free Form
Hold On, I'm Coming
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!
Mode for Joe
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