ROACH MAX/WE INSIST MAX ROACHS FREEDOM NOW SUITE

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DESCRIPTIONSOFTPACK WALLET- REMASTERED BY BERNIE GRUNDMAN. AN AVANT-GARDE MASTERPIECE A VOCAL-INSTRUMENTAL SUITE A WORK OF COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE RACIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES OF ITS DAY WE INSIST MAX ROACHS FREEDOM NOW SUITE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTIC STATEMENTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ONE OF THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING JAZZ ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. ROACH VOWED AFTER ITS RELEASE THAT HE WOULD NEVER AGAIN PLAY MUSIC THAT IS NOT SOCIALLY RELEVANT AND TOLD DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE WE AMERICAN JAZZ MUSICIANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT HAVE PROVED BEYOND ALL DOUBT THAT WERE MASTER MUSICIANS OF OUR INSTRUMENTS. NOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS EMPLOY OUR SKILL TO TELL THE DRAMATIC STORY OF OUR PEOPLE AND WHAT WEVE BEEN THROUGH. THE ALBUM INSPIRED ROACH TO BROADEN HIS SCOPE AS A COMPOSER AND COLLABORATE WITH CHOREOGRAPHERS FILMMAKERS AND PLAYWRIGHTS.