MAX ROACH We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (2006 UK/EU reissue of the groundbreaking 1961 5-track LP, originally released on Candid Records. A powerful and politically-charged avant-garde jazz suite composed in collaboration with lyricist Oscar Brown Jr., the album stands as an essential statement on the African-American civil rights movement and remains one of Max Roach's most celebrated and ambitious works. Featuring a stellar cast of players including the incendiary vocals of Abbey Lincoln, tenor saxophone from Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton, Julian Priester on trombone, Booker Little on trumpet, and James Schenck on bass, with an expanded percussion ensemble including the legendary Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji on congas. Tracks such as Driva’ Man, Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace, and Tears For Johannesburg blend fierce rhythmic innovation with stark, emotional intensity. Housed in a high-quality picture sleeve with catalogue insert and reproducing the original artwork with extensive sleeve notes printed on the reverse. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl appears barely played, remaining in stunning Near Mint condition CS9002).