Max Roach was excited by the premise and promise of rap when it first hit the music scene. Roach was introduced to the burgeoning genre by his godson and hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, and would later ...

Max Roach, the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists ranging from Duke Ellington to rapper Fab Five Freddy, ...

As a young teen, becoming aware of and falling in love with the Black American Music called jazz, Max Roach was one of the names that would always come up. When I heard Tony Williams on an album, I ...

Who did Max Roach inspire with his astoundingly innovative drumming and exceptional musical eloquence? It might be easier to ask who he didn’t inspire, given the enormous, genre-leaping impact of ...

Percussionist and composer Max Roach, who would have turned 100 years old this month, is arguably the greatest drummer of all time. The icon, who died in 2007, played with some of the greatest jazz ...

Max Roach's birth date could easily be a time signature played by the drummer. Though his birth certificate listed his arrival as January 10, 1924, he told radio historian Phil Schapp that his parents ...

For two extraordinary hours on May 24, 1987, Max Roach (1924-2007) made music live on the air from the Jazz 88 Performance Studio at WBGO in Newark, N.J. The drum master was wearing a grey silk suit ...

If you know people who play drums, want to play drums, or want to play drums better, “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” could effect a turning point in their lives. Watching its subject play the title ...

"Max Roach Way" was introduced in the Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where he grew up. A Brooklyn neighborhood has honored the late jazz musician Max Roach by renaming a corner after him. If ...

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It's hard to believe, but drummer Max Roach and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded just three albums together. In all three cases, Roach was the session leader. On two of the dates, Mobley was ...