title: Jazz in 3/4 Time
text: # Jazz in 3/4 Time
  
  Jazz in ¾ Time is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in late 1956 and early 1957 and released on the EmArcy label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  | Tom Hull | B+ |
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "These excellent performances show that jazz does not always have to be in 4/4 time in order to swing".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated
  
  * "Blues Waltz" - 6:31
  * "Valse Hot" (Sonny Rollins) - 14:21
  * "I'll Take Romance" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland) - 4:31
  * "Little Folks" - 5:36
  * "Lover" [mono take] (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:35
  * "Lover" [stereo take] (Hart, Rodgers) - 5:35
  * "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (Hart, Rodgers) - 7:05
  * Recorded in New York City on September 19, 1956 (track 7) and at Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California on March 18 (tracks 1 & 3), March 20 (tracks 2 & 4) & March 21 (tracks 5 & 6), 1957
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Max Roach - drums
  * Kenny Dorham - trumpet
  * Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone
  * Ray Bryant (track 7), Bill Wallace (tracks 1-6) - piano
  * George Morrow - bass
  