In Max Roach, I found an artist who composed his own life, full of forward motion, intellect, soulfulness, and brilliance. Through that life he has left so many gems in his body of work as a man ...

Over 10 years after his passing, the Afro-Am department hosted a multi-day event in celebration of Roach. At the panel titled, “The Life and Legacy of Max Roach,” a slew of artists, including his ...

Max Roach—The Drum Also Waltzes Directed by Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro PBS American Masters 2023 Anyone who enjoyed the recent Wayne Shorter documentary Zero Gravity might also dig this—a more ...

Over 2,000 people gathered at Riverside Church in New York on Friday for the funeral of the legendary drummer, educator and activist Max Roach, who died on August 16 at the age of 83. He was ...

Pioneering jazz drummer Max Roach was born on Jan. 10, 1924 in Newland, N.C., and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Roach began playing in New York jazz clubs in the early 1940s. From those early days ...

On May 24, 1987, Max Roach performed solo and with two groups in the performance studio of WBGO. ... Max Roach Solo. Medley: Drum Solo / "Billy the Kid" / "The Drum Also Waltzes" ...

Roach, who died in 2007, would have been 100 this year. He was born on Jan. 10, 1924. According to a Facebook post by his son, Raoul Roach , the renaming ceremony is one of several events ...

Bedford Stuyvesant celebrated Juneteenth with a street co-naming ceremony on the corner of Greene and Marcy avenues for Max Roach, one of the most influential jazz drummers and composers of all time..

“Max Roach was part of the fabric that is Bed-Stuy Brooklyn and truly deserves a street named in his honor,” reads a Change.org petition started in January 2019.

Max Roach held so many titles, but it was his 1962 recording of “The Profit,” the second track on the B-side of the album “It’s Time,” that paved the way for a young me to fall in love ...