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Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records. It was trumpeter Booker Little's penultimate recording before he died from uremia in early October 1961.

Percussion Bitter Sweet
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	Late 1961
Recorded	August 1, 3, 8 & 9, 1961 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:50
Label	Impulse! A-8
Producer	Max Roach
Max Roach chronology
We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach, except where noted

1. "Garvey's Ghost" - 7:53
2. "Mama" - 4:50
3. "Tender Warriors" - 6:52
4. "Praise for a Martyr" - 7:09
5. "Mendacity" (Chips Bayen, Max Roach) - 8:54
6. "Man From South Africa" - 5:12

Tracks 1 and 5 recorded on August 1, 1961; #2 and 3 on August 3; #4 on August 8 and #6 on August 9, 1961.

Personnel

• Booker Little - trumpet
• Julian Priester - trombone
• Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Art Davis - double bass
• Max Roach - drums, percussion
• Carlos "Patato" Valdés - congas (1, 3, 6)
• Eugenio "Totico" Arango (credited as Carlos Eugenio) - cowbell (1, 3, 6)
• Abbey Lincoln - vocal (1, 5)

Production

• Margo Guryan - liner notes

References

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