title: Survivors (Max Roach album)
text: # Survivors (Max Roach album)
  
  Survivors is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1984 for the Italian Soul Note label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "this serves as a powerful reminder of why Roach's drumming was so strong and visceral even in his older years, and how fertile his imagination continued to be".
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  ## Track listing
  
      All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
  * "Survivors" (Peter Phillips, Max Roach) - 21:28
  * "The Third Eye" - 2:10
  * "Billy the Kid" - 2:57
  * "JasMe" - 3:37
  * "The Drum Also Waltzes" - 3:18
  * "Sassy Max (Self Portrait)" - 3:20
  * "The Smoke That Thunders" - 5:47
  
     * Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on October 19, 20 & 21, 1984
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Max Roach - drums, percussion
  * Guillermo Figueroa, Donald Bauch - violin (track 1)
  * Louise Schulman - viola (track 1)
  * Christopher Finckel - cello (track 1)
  