1959 studio album by Max Roach 4
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Moon Faced and Starry Eyed is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach , featuring vocalist Abbey Lincoln on two tracks, recorded in 1959 and released on the Mercury label.[ 2]
"You're Mine, You" (Edward Heyman , Johnny Green ) – 2:46 "Come Rain or Come Shine " (Johnny Mercer , Harold Arlen ) – 3:18 "Wild Is the Wind " (Dimitri Tiomkin , Ned Washington ) – 3:17 "Speak Low " (Kurt Weill , Ogden Nash ) – 2:50 "I Concentrate on You " (Cole Porter ) – 4:51 "Moon Faced, Starry Eyed" (Weill, Langston Hughes ) – 2:55 "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston , Ray Evans ) – 3:04 "Namely You" (Gene de Paul , Mercer) – 2:48 "Never Leave Me" (Gordon Jenkins ) – 5:44
Albums The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58) Award-Winning Drummer (1958) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) MAX (1958) Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958) Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958) Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958) Deeds, Not Words (1958) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln , 1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich , 1959) The Many Sides of Max (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960) We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington , Charles Mingus , 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962) The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964) Drums Unlimited (1965) Members, Don't Git Weary (1968) Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) Re: Percussion (M'Boom , Strata-East , 1973) Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton , 1978) Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor , 1979) M'Boom (1979) One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton , 1979) Pictures in a Frame (1979) The Long March (and Archie Shepp , 1979) In the Light (1982) Live at Vielharmonie (1983) Collage (M'Boom, 1984) It's Christmas Again (1984) Scott Free (1984) Survivors (1984) Easy Winners (1985) Bright Moments (1986) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie , 1989) To the Max! (1990–91) With Clifford Brown Compilations
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
As leader or co-leader AndShirley Scott WithMax Roach With others Freedom (Kenny Burrell , 1963–64) Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell, 1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd , 1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) With the Tenors of Our Time (Roy Hargrove , 1994) Life Flight (Freddie Hubbard, 1987) Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan , 1960) Only Trust Your Heart (Diana Krall , 1994) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln , 1959) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann , 1961) Electric Funk (Jimmy McGriff , 1969) Speakin' My Piece (Horace Parlan , 1960) On the Spur of the Moment (Horace Parlan, 1961) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson , 1967) Easy Living /Congo Lament (Ike Quebec , 1962) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece , 1960) Serenade to a Soul Sister (Horace Silver , 1968) Back at the Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith , 1960) Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Prayer Meetin' (Jimmy Smith, 1961) A.T.'s Delight (Art Taylor , 1960)