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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Happy Birthday Max Roach!

And....we're back.

And there's not a better way to start off with my first blog post of the year 2023 than to wish a very happy 99th birthday to Maxwell Lemuel Roach who was born on this day January 10th, 1924.

Here's a few recent favourite clips to celebrate Max's artistry including:

...a solo with mallets:

 

...and some solo drum audio recordings circa. 1996:
  
 

This particular concert footage filmed at the Newport Jazz Festival circa. 1992 is very dear to me as it was one of my very first introductions to Max Roach and his music:

 

And finally, here's some dynamic footage of Max putting his Italian-made Hollywood Tronic drums though its paces:
 


Happy Birthday Max!


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