Parisian Sketches

{{Infobox album

| name = Parisian Sketches

| type = Studio

| artist = Max Roach

| cover = Parisian Sketches.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1960

| recorded = March 1–2, 1960

| venue =

| studio = Barclay Studios, Paris, France

| genre = Jazz

| length = 35:57

| label = Mercury
MG 20491

| producer =

| chronology = Max Roach

| prev_title = Long as You're Living

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = We Insist!

| next_year = 1960

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Down Beat

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}Down Beat: April 11, 1963 vol. 30, no. 9

| rev2 = Allmusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-in-paris-parisian-sketches-mw0000021242 Allmusic Rating] accessed September 24, 2012

}}

Parisian Sketches is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in Paris in 1960 and released on the Mercury label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#mercury-mg-20760 Max Roach discography] accessed September 24, 2012

Track listing

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

References

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Category:1960 albums

Category:Max Roach albums

Category:Mercury Records albums