title: Deeds, Not Words
text: # Deeds, Not Words
  
  Deeds, Not Words is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This is fine music from a group that was trying to stretch themselves beyond hard bop".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 7:46
  * "Filidé" (Ray Draper) - 7:06
  * "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:14
  * "Jodie's Cha-Cha" (Bill Lee) - 4:56
  * "Deeds, Not Words" (Lee) - 4:34
  * "Larry-Larue" (Booker Little) - 5:13
  * "Conversation" (Max Roach) - 3:48
  * "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 5:50
  
  Track 8 with Oscar Pettiford is a CD bonus track recorded at the sessions for Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Max Roach - drums
  * Booker Little - trumpet (tracks: 1 to 6)
  * Ray Draper - tuba (tracks: 1 to 6)
  * George Coleman - tenor saxophone (tracks: 1 to 6)
  * Art Davis - bass (tracks: 1 to 6)
  * Oscar Pettiford - bass (track: 8)
  