Award-Winning Drummer

Award-Winning Drummer (also released as Max Roach) is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring a session recorded in 1958 and released on the Time label.^[1]

Award-Winning Drummer
Studio album by Max Roach
Released	1960
Recorded	November 4, 1958 Capitol Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Time T/70003
Producer	Bob Shad
Max Roach chronology
Deeds, Not Words (1958) Award-Winning Drummer (1960) The Many Sides of Max (1959)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[4]

Allmusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated the group was "among the finest hard bop ensembles around".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Max Roach, except as indicated,

1. "Tuba de Nod" — 3:56
2. "Milano" (John Lewis) — 5:09
3. "Variations on the Scene" (George Coleman) — 5:37
4. "Pies of Quincy" — 3:19
5. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) — 4:16
6. "Sadiga" (Coleman) — 6:31
7. "Gandolfo's Bounce" (Booker Little) — 5:38
8. "Milano" [alternate take] (Lewis) — 6:33 bonus track on iTunes release
9. "Old Folks" [alternate take] (Hill, Robison) — 4:31 bonus track on iTunes release
10. "Gandolfo's Bounce" [alternate take] (Little) — 6:12 bonus track on iTunes release

Personnel

• Max Roach — drums
• Booker Little — trumpet
• George Coleman — tenor saxophone
• Ray Draper — tuba
• Art Davis — bass