Jazz pioneer Max Roach has died. He had an innovative way of playing drums. He used the full kit to create a palette of melody and harmony and, of course, rhythm. And that style helped propel jazz ...

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 ...

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 ...

We're marking our 30th anniversary as a daily NPR program, with a retrospective of some of our favorite interviews from our early days. Drummer Max Roach was one of the originators of bebop. Singer ...

Serious and uncompromising artist that he was, drummer Max Roach would have appreciated the singularly offbeat—if you will—tribute that Tyshawn Sorey paid to him at 92NY. "Max Roach at 100" was a ...

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 will ...