Jazz Master Max Roach Dies at 83

Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:48 PM EDT

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jazzman646

Max Roach was definitely one of the great ones...

Rest In Peace...

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#1 - Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:49 PM EDT

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For those who have not heard his early recordings, may I recommend Jazz in 3/4 Time with Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins and the mystical piano of Bill Wallace. There's also the exquisite and somewhat better known At Basin Street.

There are only three drummers who ever held a candle to Max Roach in my book: Bill Bruford, Billy Cobham and Connie Kay. Max Roach's long and productive life spanned from early bop to our current state of affairs. Ever the free spirit, he soared over the desolation of an industry which ate its young and still eats them still. Max Roach embraced each new phase of music. His influence was as profound as it was wide.

I leave a youtube video under this link, of Max Roach drumming to the spoken word of Martin Luther King.

RIP Max Roach. The world was a better place for having you in it.

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#2 - Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:54 AM EDT

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Roach, whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a career marked by expectations defied and musical boundaries ignored...

Exactly.

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#3 - Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:44 PM EDT

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