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Speak, Brother, Speak! is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring performances recorded in San Francisco in 1962 and released by the Fantasy label.[1]

Speak, Brother, Speak!
Live album by Max Roach
Released	1963
Recorded	October 27, 1962
Venue	The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:33
Label	Fantasy LP 6007
Max Roach chronology
Money Jungle (1963) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1963) The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan (1964)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Down Beat	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
Tom Hull	A−[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "The music is somewhere between hard bop and the avant-garde, and the musicians really push each other, although the results are not quite essential. Clifford Jordan fans in particular will find this to be an interesting set".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated

1. "Speak, Brother, Speak" (Clifford Jordan, Eddie Khan, Max Roach, Mal Waldron) - 25:03
2. "A Variation" - 20:30

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Eddie Khan - bass

References

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