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Percussion Bitter Sweet 1961

jazz 41 min 6 tracks impulse!

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.

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Tracks

1Garvey's Ghost7:54
2Mama4:51
3Tender Warriors6:54
4Praise for a Martyr7:10
5Mendacity8:55
6Man From South Africa5:13

6 tracks, 41 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Max Roach
Label: impulse!
Released: 1961
Type: Album
Format: Vinyl
Country: US

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