Max Roach + 4 – Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Vinyl LP)

Description

**THIS IS A VINYL LP**

Release Date:  2023

Label:  Verve (Verve By Request)

 

Track List

Side A

1. You’re Mine You
2. Come Rain or Come Shine
3. Wild Is the Wind
4. Speak Low
5. I Concentrate on You

Side B

1. Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
2. Never Let Me Go
3. Namely You
4. Never Leave Me

 

Notes

180-gram vinyl

Pressed at Third Man in Detroit

First U.S. reissue since the album’s release in 1960

Roach’s solid group featuring Ray Bryant, Julian Priester, and Stanley and Tommy Turrentine are joined by the great Abbey Lincoln on vocals for two tracks, “Never Leave Me” and Cole Porter’s “I Concentrate on You.” A fantastic and often overlooked album, this is the first U.S. reissue since the album’s release in 1960. The Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl, pressed at Third Man in Detroit.

Bass – Bob Boswell
Drums – Max Roach
Piano – Ray Bryant
Tenor Saxophone – Stanley Turrentine
Trombone – Julian Priester
Trumpet – Tommy Turrentine
Vocals – Abbey Lincoln