Parisian Sketches

1960 studio album by Max Roach

Parisian Sketches

Studio album by

Max Roach

Released| 1960
Recorded| March 1–2, 1960
Studio| Barclay Studios, Paris, France
Genre| Jazz
Length| 35:57
Label| Mercury
MG 20491
Max Roach chronology
| Long as You're Living
(1960)  | Parisian Sketches
(1960)  | We Insist!
(1960)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Down Beat| [1]
Allmusic| [2]

Parisian Sketches is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in Paris in 1960 and released on the Mercury label.[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

1. "Parisian Sketches: The Tower/The Champs/The Caves/The Left Bank/The Arch" - 17:13
2. "Nica" (Sonny Clark) - 4:48
3. "Petit Déjeuner" (Julian Priester) - 4:06
4. "Un Nouveau Complet" (Tommy Turrentine) - 3:25
5. "Liberte" - 6:25

* Recorded at Barclay Studios, Paris, France on March 1, 1960 (tracks 1, 3 & 4), and March 2, 1960 (tracks 2 & 5)

## Personnel

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* Max Roach \- drums
* Tommy Turrentine \- trumpet
* Julian Priester \- trombone
* Stanley Turrentine \- tenor saxophone
* Bob Boswell - bass

## References

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1. ^ Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9
2. ^ Allmusic Rating accessed September 24, 2012
3. ^ Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012

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Max Roach

Albums|

* The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
* Max Roach + 4 (1956)
* Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
* The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
* Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
* Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
* MAX (1958)
* Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
* Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
* Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
* Deeds, Not Words (1958)
* Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
* Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
* Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959)
* The Many Sides of Max (1959)
* Long as You're Living (1960)
* Parisian Sketches (1960)
* We Insist! (1960)
* Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
* It's Time (1962)
* Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962)
* Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
* The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964)
* Drums Unlimited (1965)
* Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
* Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
* Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973)
* Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978)
* Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979)
* M'Boom (1979)
* One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979)
* Pictures in a Frame (1979)
* The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979)
* In the Light (1982)
* Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
* Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
* It's Christmas Again (1984)
* Scott Free (1984)
* Survivors (1984)
* Easy Winners (1985)
* Bright Moments (1986)
* Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989)
* To the Max! (1990–91)

With Clifford Brown|

* Best Coast Jazz (1954)
* Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
* Clifford Brown All Stars (1954)
* Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954–55)
* Daahoud (1954)
* Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
* Clifford Brown with Strings (1955)
* Study in Brown (1955)
* Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)

Compilations|

* Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)

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Stanley Turrentine

Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Blue Hour (and The Three Sounds, 1960)
* Look Out! (1960)
* Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
* Comin' Your Way (1961)
* Up at "Minton's" (1961)
* ZT's Blues (1961)
* That's Where It's At (1962)
* Jubilee Shout!!! (1962)
* In Memory Of (1964)
* Mr. Natural (1964)
* Joyride (1965)
* Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
* Easy Walker (1966–69)
* The Spoiler (1966)
* A Bluish Bag (1967)
* The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
* The Look of Love (1968)
* Always Something There (1968)
* Another Story (1969)
* Sugar (1970)
* Gilberto with Turrentine (with Astrud Gilberto, 1971)
* Salt Song (1971)
* The Sugar Man (1971)
* Cherry (1972)
* Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
* In Concert Volume Two (Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine album) (and Freddie Hubbard, 1973)
* Don't Mess with Mister T. (1973)
* Pieces of Dreams (1974)
* Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1975)
* In the Pocket (1975)
* Everybody Come On Out (1976)
* The Man with the Sad Face (1976)
* Nightwings (1977)
* Tender Togetherness (1981)
* Straight Ahead (1984)
* Wonderland (1986)

And
Shirley Scott|

* Hip Soul (session led by Scott, 1961)
* Hip Twist (Scott, 1961)
* Dearly Beloved (1962)
* The Soul Is Willing (Scott, 1963)
* A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
* Never Let Me Go (1963)
* Soul Shoutin' (Scott, 1963)
* Blue Flames (joint leaders, 1964)
* Everybody Loves a Lover (Scott, 1964)
* Hustlin' (1964)
* Let It Go (1966)
* Queen of the Organ (Scott, 1966)
* Common Touch (1968)
* Soul Song (1968)

With
Max Roach|

* Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (1959)
* Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
* Long as You're Living (1960)
* Parisian Sketches (1960)

With others|

* Freedom (Kenny Burrell, 1963–64)
* Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell, 1963)
* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
* Up with Donald Byrd (1964)
* With the Tenors of Our Time (Roy Hargrove, 1994)
* Life Flight (Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
* Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960)
* Only Trust Your Heart (Diana Krall, 1994)
* Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
* Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
* Electric Funk (Jimmy McGriff, 1969)
* Speakin' My Piece (Horace Parlan, 1960)
* On the Spur of the Moment (Horace Parlan, 1961)
* The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
* Easy Living/Congo Lament (Ike Quebec, 1962)
* Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
* Serenade to a Soul Sister (Horace Silver, 1968)
* Back at the Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Prayer Meetin' (Jimmy Smith, 1961)
* A.T.'s Delight (Art Taylor, 1960)

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