Max Roach, the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists ranging from Duke Ellington to rapper Fab Five Freddy, ...

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, I ...

He was one of the most talked-about jazz musicians in the 1950s. After he died in a car accident at 25, his influence grew. By Peter Keepnews A look at one of the jazz icon’s most provocative albums.

Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer Max Roach. Experience the groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer Max Roach, whose far-reaching ...

The drummer helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s and delivered a message of resistance and liberation from the 1960s on. Listen to 13 selections from musicians, writers and critics. By Marcus J. Moore ...