Artist: The Uptown String Quartet
Album: Max Roach Presents The Uptown String Quartet
Genre: Modern Creative
Label: Philips
Released: 1989
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Extensions (Roach) - 3:36
- Let Us Break Bread Together (Trad.) - 3:08
- Jelly Roll Rag (Carisi) - 3:17
- Tricotism (Pettiford) - 3:34
- Easy Winners (Joplin) - 4:49
- Song for Winnie (Burrs) - 5:37
- Overture (Pope) - 5:07
- And He Never Said a Mumblin' Word (Trad.) - 4:11
- Remembering (Trad.) - 6:49
- Midnight Child (Trad.) - 6:45
- Calvary (Trad.) - 3:20
- Chattahoochee Red (Bridgewater) - 8:31
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- Personnel:
- Diane Monroe, Lesa Terry - violin
- Maxine Roach - viola
- Eileen Folson - cello
The Uptown String Quartet was originally part of Max Roach's Double Quartet before having its own life. Comprised of violinists Diane Monroe and Lesa Terry, Maxine Roach on viola and cellist Eileen Folson, the group ranks as the second major improvising string quartet ever, after Turtle Island. On this consistently enjoyable and often-surprising CD, the band plays a wide range of music including several ancient folk songs, John Carisi's "Jelly Roll Rag," Oscar Pettiford's classic "Tricotism," Scott Joplin's "Easy Winners" and some modern originals by Max Roach, Odean Pope, Fred Tillis and Cecil Bridgewater. Listeners who have a resistance to hearing violins play jazz are well advised to check out this colorful effort.
Review by Scott Yanow