Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records. It was trumpeter Booker Little's penultimate recording before he died from uremia in early October 1961.
Track listing All compositions by Max Roach, except where noted
"Garvey's Ghost" - 7:53 "Mama" - 4:50 "Tender Warriors" - 6:52 "Praise for a Martyr" - 7:09 "Mendacity" (Chips Bayen, Max Roach) - 8:54 "Man From South Africa" - 5:12
Tracks 1 and 5 recorded on August 1, 1961; #2 and 3 on August 3; #4 on August 8 and #6 on August 9, 1961.
Personnel Booker Little - trumpet Julian Priester - trombone Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone Mal Waldron - piano Art Davis - double bass Max Roach - drums, percussion Carlos "Patato" Valdés - congas (1, 3, 6) Eugenio "Totico" Arango (credited as Carlos Eugenio) - cowbell (1, 3, 6) Abbey Lincoln - vocal (1, 5)
Production Margo Guryan - liner notes
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