Tag Archives: Max Roach

Roach: Our Classrooms Were Speakeasies, Joints, Clubs

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Scott K Fish

Arts & Entertainment Music Howard Reich A bold concert series digs deeply into Max Roach’s art “You have to remember that our classrooms were the speakeasies and joints and clubs, there was no formal instruction,” he told me in 1991, … Continue reading →

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Max Roach on Establishing a Musical Personality

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Max Roach had recently played a concert with his M’Boom percussion ensemble on the same bill as the World Saxophone Quartet – a saxophones only group — when I interviewed Max in his Connecticut home in the early … Continue reading →

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Max Roach: A Favorite Photo of a Favorite Drummer

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A favorite photo of a favorite drummer, Max Roach, from the March 22, 1979 Down Beat. Max looks so c-o-o-l in this shot. That said, I never quite understood Ludwig‘s “At last! Matching heads” campaign. — end —

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Max Roach: What Changes is Rhythm

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here is something Max Roach told me in the early 1980s. I, of course, already had a high appreciation for drummers’ contributions to music. But Max’s words kicked my appreciation up several steps. I don’t have Max’s exact … Continue reading →

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Max Roach Gretsch Ad 1959

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A classic Chuck Stewart Gretsch ad with Max Roach from the October 29, 1959 Down Beat.

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