Max Roach Double Quartet: Cecil Bridgewater, Odean Pope, Tyrone Brown and Roach with the Uptown String Quartet (Maxine Roach, viola), plus Ray Mantilla. Recorded at The Platinum Factory, Brooklyn, January 4, 7 and 8, 1985.
In this time of charged debate about immigration and the concomitant stereotyping of minorities, this collection of fourteen songs drawn from musicals and minstrel shows reminds us that the habit of stereotyping has been with us longer than we care t…