Deeds, Not Words is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label.Max Roach discography accessed September 19, 2012
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This is fine music from a group that was trying to stretch themselves beyond hard bop".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 19, 2012
Track listing "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 7:46 "Filidé" (Ray Draper) - 7:06 "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:14 "Jodie's Cha-Cha" (Bill Lee) - 4:56 "Deeds, Not Words" (Lee) - 4:34 "Larry-Larue" (Booker Little) - 5:13 "Conversation" (Max Roach) - 3:48 "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 5:50 Track 8 with Oscar Pettiford is a CD bonus track recorded at the sessions for Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite.
Personnel Max Roach - drums Booker Little - trumpet (tracks: 1 to 6) Ray Draper - tuba (tracks: 1 to 6) George Coleman - tenor saxophone (tracks: 1 to 6) Art Davis - bass (tracks: 1 to 6) Oscar Pettiford - bass (track: 8)
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