Percussion Bitter Sweet (album)

Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records.

Track listing
All compositions by Max Roach, except where noted


 * 1) "Garvey's Ghost" - 7:53
 * 2) "Mama" - 4:50
 * 3) "Tender Warriors" - 6:52
 * 4) "Praise for a Martyr" - 7:09
 * 5) "Mendacity" (Roach, C. Bayen) - 8:54
 * 6) "Man From South Africa" - 5:12

Tracks 1 and 5 recorded on August 1, 1961; #2 and 3 on August 3; #4 on August 8 and #6 on August 9, 1961.

Personnel

 * Booker Little - trumpet
 * Julian Priester - trombone
 * Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
 * Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
 * Mal Waldron - piano
 * Art Davis - double bass
 * Max Roach - drums, percussion
 * Carlos Valdes - congas (1, 3, 6)
 * Carlos Eugenio - cowbell (1, 3, 6)
 * Abbey Lincoln - vocal (1, 5)
 * Margo Guryan - liner notes