Martin Luther King Jr.
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Max Roach – "The Dream/It's Time," from Chattahoochie RedMax Roach, drums, composer; Odean Pope, tenor saxophone; Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet; Calvin Hill, bassColumbia; 1981 Joseph Schwantner – New Morning for the World ("Daybreak of Freedom")Willie Stargell, narrator; Eastman Philharmonia/David EffronMercury; 1983
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Today's required listening, from Max Roach's 1981 LP, Chattahoochee Red. Not many musicians could pull this off with such decorum, gravity and conviction. The album is rare now, evidently, and is worth tracking down, not least because the band involved – Odean Pope, Cecil Bridgewater and Calvin Hill – was one of Roach's best, and
Night After Night 