Max Roach has been at the cutting edge of American music for half a century — from helping to create jazz’s be-bop revolution with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in the mid-1940s to ...

Doctoral student Cunningham was 15 when she heard her first Max Roach record, and “I’ve been captivated ever since.” That first record opened her up to jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln, who was also ...

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

Most of the original bebop masters may be gone, but they’re surely not forgotten, as an innovative series of performances will be proving throughout this month. Each Wednesday evening at the … ...

Yesterday morning we lost another one. Another innovator and genius of modern music. Max Roach, father of modern jazz drumming, passed away peacefully in his sleep. He was 83 years old. This loss, ...

CRISTIANA LOMBARDO: While working with Sam and being part of that process, did your understanding of Max Roach’s music change at all given how long this was an ongoing project? BEN SHAPIRO: I ...

Max Roach Is Remembered for Music and More. Legendary drummer Max Roach was also remembered at his funeral as a committed activist who worked hard to bring about radical changes in American society.

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 ...

Members of Roach’s family will be in attendance. Max Roach Way “stands as a testament to the enduring impact of Roach’s contributions to music and culture,” his son Raoul Roach wrote in a ...

Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite," with music by Mr. Roach and lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr., featured Lincoln's sometimes anguished vocals and became an important musical milepost in the civil rights ...

Max Roach, a master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations provided the dislocated beats that defined bebop jazz, has died after a long illness. He was 83. Michael Kim / AP ...