Fantasy / Debut

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The Max Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley by Max Roach

Top Tracks from Fantasy / Debut

	Listen	Track Name	Length

1.		Speak, Brother, Speak Artist: Max Roach Album: Speak, Brother, Speak	25:11
2.		A Variation Artist: Max Roach Album: Speak, Brother, Speak	20:38
3.		Jump Monk Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	6:53
4.		Serenade In Blue Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	6:05
5.		Work Song Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	6:28
6.		Jump Monk (Bonus Track) Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	11:53
7.		All the Things You C# Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	6:58
8.		All The Things You C# (Bonus Track) Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	10:44
9.		Septemberly Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	7:06
10.		Percussion Discussion Artist: Charles Mingus Album: Mingus At The Bohemia	8:39

About Fantasy / Debut

Founded in New York in 1952 by bassist/composer Charles Mingus in association with wife Celia, drummer Max Roach, and others, Debut Records was a valiant attempt by jazz musicians to control their own music. Caught in the transition from 78-RPM singles to 10-inch LPs, then 12-inch LPs, and plagued by distribution nightmares, the company lasted only five years, yet managed to record a remarkable body of often boldly experimental music, including albums by Mingus, Miles Davis, Paul Bley, Thad Jones, OscarPettiford, Bud Powell, and a "dream" quintet made up of Mingus, Roach, Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker (who, for contractual reasons, appeared as "Charlie Chan"). Charles and Celia Mingus separated in 1958, and she soon settled in San Francisco, where she went to work for (and eventually married) Saul Zaentz of Fantasy Records, which acquired the small-but-mighty Debut catalog.