Max Roach, the pioneering jazz drummer and bebop innovator, died this week at age 83. Roach was considered the greatest drummer of all time by his peers. He played with Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk ...

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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.

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The centennial of a pioneering modern jazz drummer, Max Roach, has opened up a busy time of celebration. There have been numerous events throughout the year, including an excellent concert at Jazz at ...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - Jazz great Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are performing at Elizabeth City State University on Wednesday in honor of famous drummer and Pasquotank ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Some of Max Roach’s ideas had been viewed as untenable in jazz music due to their unorthodox or eccentric ...

Max Roach, one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time, will be honored Juneteenth when a streetcorner in Brooklyn is named after him. The corner of Greene and Marcy Aves. in Bedford-Stuyvesant will ...