Booker Little 4 and Max Roach

Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (also released as The Defiant Ones) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1958 for the United Artists label.[1]

Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
Studio album by Booker Little
Released	1958
Recorded	October, 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:40
Label	United Artists
Booker Little chronology
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) Booker Little (1960)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Overall, this forward-looking hard bop set is easily recommended".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Booker Little except as indicated

1. "Milestones" (John Lewis) – 5:33
2. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 4:13
3. "Rounder's Mood" – 5:19
4. "Dungeon Waltz" – 4:27
5. "Jewel's Tempo" – 6:35
6. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:40
7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 10:44
8. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 8:09

Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios in New York City in October 1958.

Personnel

On #1–6

• Booker Little – trumpet
• George Coleman – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Art Davis – bass
• Max Roach – drums

On #7–8

• Booker Little, Louis Smith – trumpets
• Frank Strozier – alto saxophone
• George Coleman – tenor saxophone
• Phineas Newborn – piano
• Calvin Newborn – guitar
• George Joyner – bass
• Charles Crosby – drums

References

1. Booker Little discography accessed February 7, 2011
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
3. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.