<I>We Insist! Max Roach's - Freedom Now Suite</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1960; re-released 2013
name: label: Composed by
content: Max Roach, American, 1924 - 2007
label: Written by
content: Oscar Brown, American, 1926 - 2005
label: Recorded by
content: Max Roach, American, 1924 - 2007
label: Recorded by
content: Abbey Lincoln, American, 1930 - 2010
label: Published by
content: MiruMir Music Publishing, Russian, founded 2004
notes: label: Description
content: An LP vinyl record (2015.103.3a) and jacket (2015.103.3b) of the "We Insist-Freedom Now Suite" performed by jazz percussionist, drummer and composer Max Roach.
label: Description
content: The LP vinyl record (2015.103.3a) has a black-and-white label, with white writing set against a black background. The type on the front of label reads: [So Far Out/ Side A/ OUT5001LP/ WE INSIST!/ MAX ROACH AND OSCAR BROWN, Jr.'s/ FREEDOM NOW SUITE/ DRIVA' MAN (5:10) FREEDOM DAY (6:02)/ TRIPTYCH: PRAYER. PROTEST, PEACE (7:58)]. The reverse side of the label reads: [So Far Out/ Side B/ OUT5001LP/ WE INSIST!/ MAX ROACH AND OSCAR BROWN, Jr.'s/ FREEDOM NOW SUITE/ ALL AFRICA (7:57)/ TEARS FOR JOHANNESBURG (9:36)].
label: Description
content: The LP jacket (2015.103.3b) features a black-and-white photograph depicting three African American men sitting at a diner counter, with a white man in a white uniform standing behind the counter. The three African American men are looking over their shoulders towards the camera. A menu board can be seen in the top proper-right corner of the image. Black type on front of LP cover reads: [WE INSIST!/ MAX ROACH'S - FREEDOM NOW SUITE/ FEATURING ABBEY LINCOLN/ COLEMAN HAWKINS, OLATUNJI/ So Far Out/ OUT5001LP].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Max Roach
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.103.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: long-playing records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: vinyl, cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (.a, album): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.b, album jacket): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.3 × 31.3 cm)