It's Time (Max Roach album)

It's Time is a 1962 album by jazz drummer Max Roach, released on Impulse! Records which also features trumpeter Richard Williams, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Art Davis, and a vocal choir conducted by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Singer Abbey Lincoln appears on "Lonesome Lover".

Track listing All composed by Max Roach

"It's Time" – 6:44 "Another Valley" – 8:46 "Sunday Afternoon" – 6:16 "Living Room" – 7:31 "The Profit" – 7:32 "Lonesome Lover" – 7:02

Recorded on February 15 (tracks 1, 4), February 26 (tracks 2, 5), February 27 (tracks 3, 6), 1962.

Personnel Max Roach – drums Richard Williams – trumpet Julian Priester – trombone Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone Mal Waldron – piano Art Davis – bass Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – conductor Abbey Lincoln – vocals (#6)

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