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

"Max Roach Way" was introduced in the Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where he grew up. A Brooklyn neighborhood has honored the late jazz musician Max Roach by renaming a corner after him. If ...

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. “And I ...

Who did Max Roach inspire with his astoundingly innovative drumming and exceptional musical eloquence? It might be easier to ask who he didn’t inspire, given the enormous, genre-leaping impact of ...

Percussionist and composer Max Roach, who would have turned 100 years old this month, is arguably the greatest drummer of all time. The icon, who died in 2007, played with some of the greatest jazz ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Aug 31, 2024, 10:50pm EDT Sep 01, 2024, 11:24am EDT Blue ...

Max Roach reminded me of an accountant, a very hip accountant. He began his percussive life in the early- through mid-1940’s by keeping the musical books for Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy ...

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 ...

Weekend plans? We have a suggestion that our readers will thoroughly enjoy. Max Roach 100, a centennial celebration of the gifted artist, is being performed at The Joyce Theater through Sunday, 4/7.

If you know people who play drums, want to play drums, or want to play drums better, “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” could effect a turning point in their lives. Watching its subject play the title ...

“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Kerr said in 1849. Nearly 200 years later, that is sadly true of the greatest protest songs. In 2025, songs ...

A look at one of the jazz icon’s most provocative albums. By John White, Lynn Levy, Daniel Ramirez and Marcus J. Moore The Joyce Theater’s spring/summer season will feature a new work by Ronald K.