It's Time (Max Roach album)

It's Time is a 1962 album by jazz drummer Max Roach, released on Impulse! Records which also features trumpeter Richard Williams, tenor-saxophonist Clifford Jordan, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Art Davis, and a vocal choir conducted by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Singer Abbey Lincoln appears on "Lonesome Lover".[4]

It's Time
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	1962
Recorded	February 15, 26 & 27, 1962 Fine Recording Ballroom Studio A New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:51
Label	Impulse! A-16
Producer	Bob Thiele
Max Roach chronology
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[3]

Track listing

All composed by Max Roach

1. "It's Time" - 6:44
2. "Another Valley" - 8:46
3. "Sunday Afternoon" - 6:16
4. "Living Room" - 7:31
5. "The Profit" - 7:32
6. "Lonesome Lover" - 7:02

Recorded on February 15 (tracks 1, 4), February 26 (tracks 2, 5), February 27 (tracks 3, 6), 1962.

Personnel

• Max Roach - drums
• Richard Williams - trumpet
• Julian Priester - trombone
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Art Davis - bass
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - conductor
• Abbey Lincoln - vocals (#6)

References

1. Down Beat, October 25, 1962, vol. 29, no. 27
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
4. Allmusic