In the process of recording "We Insist 2025!," her tribute to drummer Max Roach, Carrington reflected on how issues of ...

What’s thrilling about the dancers who perform live in “Max Roach 100” is that they rise to Roach’s level. This is a fitting tribute and a hell of a show. The tap dancer Ayodele Casel ...

For their Max Roach Centennial Celebration ... But first comes the tribute to Roach, who died in 2007 at the age of 83, that will bring Marsalis and the orchestra to Boston.

Brown and Arcell Cabuag, this centenary tribute to the great jazz drummer, composer, and activist premiered last week at the Joyce Theater in New York. This weekend, “Max Roach 100″ is at the ...

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.

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 ...

Decades in the making, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes celebrates the groundbreaking jazz drummer’s career. Co-directed by Samuel Pollard and Ben Shapiro, they pooled their separate early ...

As a young teen, becoming aware of and falling in love with the Black American Music called jazz, Max Roach was one of the names that would always come up. When I heard Tony Williams on an album ...

the renaming ceremony is one of several events commemorating Roach’s birthday. “MAX ROACH WAY” stands as a testament to the enduring impact of Roach’s contributions to music and culture.

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 ...

At the dawn of the 1960s drummer Max ... Lincoln & Roach duo feature, with Lincoln’s wordless vocals spiraling into anguished rage in the middle part, while “Freedom Day” paid tribute ...

Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer, virtuoso percussionist and band leader Max Roach, whose far-reaching ... his outspoken views. Have an event you’d like to plug?