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Article: SEEKING THE ANSWERS TO RHYTHMIC QUESTIONS.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 17, 1988
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Byline: Patrick Kurp Staff writer
As a boy in Harlem, Max Roach papered the walls of his bedroom with a constellation of drummers.
Here were Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton, Big Sid Catlett and Gene Krupa. As his gods looked on, and before he dressed and ate breakfast, Roach climbed on his stool and went to work with his sticks.
"People think all you do is keep time, but I think of poets and poetry. I think up phrases that ask questions and try to answer them," said the archetypal bop drummer who, at 64, remains one of the most influential players in the history of jazz.
Roach will share his genius Saturday and Sunday when he teaches a ...
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