darkhanamaru
08-16-2007, 10:07 AM
I am really saddened that I never got to see Max play since I was 19. He was a legend, a wit, an intellect and a really nice man (he was a friend of my godmother and lived in the apartment building next to ours).
Max Roach, a Founder of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83
By PETER KEEPNEWS
Published: August 16, 2007
Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940’s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners’ expectations, died Wednesday night at his home in New York. He was 83.
His death was announced today by a spokesman for Blue Note records, on which he frequently appeared. No cause was given. Mr. Roach had been known to be ill for several years.
As a young man, Mr. Roach, a percussion virtuoso capable of playing at the most brutal tempos with subtlety as well as power, was among a small circle of adventurous musicians who brought about wholesale changes in jazz. He remained adventurous to the end.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/arts/music/16cnd-roach.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1187283938-9mBzY7JKcSBmEFCaHPqhDg
rest in peace mr. hi hat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpDQztqWQw
Max Roach, a Founder of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83
By PETER KEEPNEWS
Published: August 16, 2007
Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940’s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners’ expectations, died Wednesday night at his home in New York. He was 83.
His death was announced today by a spokesman for Blue Note records, on which he frequently appeared. No cause was given. Mr. Roach had been known to be ill for several years.
As a young man, Mr. Roach, a percussion virtuoso capable of playing at the most brutal tempos with subtlety as well as power, was among a small circle of adventurous musicians who brought about wholesale changes in jazz. He remained adventurous to the end.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/arts/music/16cnd-roach.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1187283938-9mBzY7JKcSBmEFCaHPqhDg
rest in peace mr. hi hat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNpDQztqWQw