title: Easy Winners (album)
text: # Easy Winners (album)
  
  Easy Winners is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, recorded in 1985 for the Italian Soul Note label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The wide variety of colors and the consistently-strong improvisations make this a highly recommended set of stirring music".
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Bird Says" (Cecil Bridgewater) - 12:48
  * "Sis" (Odean Pope) - 6:33
  * "A Little Booker" (Max Roach) - 13:50
  * "Easy Winners" (Scott Joplin) - 4:54
  * Recorded at the Platinum Factory in Brooklyn, New York on January 4, 7-8, 1985
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Max Roach - drums
  * Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet
  * Odean Pope - tenor saxophone
  * John McLaughlin Williams, Cecelia Hobbs - violin
  * Maxine Roach - viola
  * Eileen Folson - cello
  * Tyrone Brown - electric bass
  * Ray Mantilla - percussion (track 1)
  