Jazz drummer Max Roach died this week at the age of 83. He was one of the most accomplished and influential drummers of the 20th century, a master of polyrhythms and unpredictable beats. He played ...

Director Sam Pollard was captivated by the life story of drummer and activist Max Roach. Director Sam Pollard was captivated by the life story of drummer and activist Max Roach 35 years ago. "Seeing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 efforts to ...

Jazz drummer Max Roach, seen in 1970, died Wednesday at 83. Max Roach, a dazzling drummer who helped create the rhythmic language of modern jazz while expanding the expressive possibilities of the ...

I can't recall the reason why I picked Percussion Bitter Sweet out of a record store bin in the mid-sixties. It was one of the first recordings I ever purchased. Apart from Max's brilliant drumming ...

Pioneering jazz drummer Max Roach was born on Jan. 10, 1924 in Newland, N.C., and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Roach began playing in New York jazz clubs in the early 1940s. From those early days until ...

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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 ...

Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer, virtuoso percussionist and band leader Max Roach, whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society ...