Max Roach, the visionary drummer, composer, and bandleader who was one of the most important musicians in the history of jazz and American music, died in his sleep yesterday morning in Manhattan ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Max Roach was the hottest drummer in New York by the time he was 20 years old. By the time he died at age 83, he was truly one of the giants of jazz.

Director Sam Pollard was captivated by the life story of drummer and activist Max Roach 35 years ago. “Seeing Max Roach sit behind a drum set, he had a regal quality about him,” said Pollard.

NEW YORK — Max Roach, the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists from Duke ...

Max Roach, the legendary jazz drummer died a few days ago. The Audiophiliac recalls a chance meeting and audiophile encounter from long ago. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has ...

Image courtesy of The Film Collaborative Legendary jazz drummer Max Roach was the biggest inspiration for South Hadley native and fellow drummer Joe Farnsworth, who will lead a quintet at the 2023 ...

The fan-fueled beat is growing louder for the renaming of a Bedford-Stuyvesant street to honor legendary jazz drummer Max Roach. Nearly 3,000 supporters of the adventurous bebop percussionist alrea… ...

Over the course of a little more than a year in 1955 and ’56, Max Roach, who was already the premiere jazz drummer of his generation, experienced the death of two of his very closest musical partners.

Dance Review ‘Max Roach 100′ at the ICA does the great jazz drummer proud By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent,Updated April 13, 2024, 5:04 p.m.