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Max Roach REST IN PEACE

January 10, 1924-August 15, 2007

All Praise Due to Max Roach.

With His Passing the Reign of the Regurgitators Has Begun: A Commentary by Fred Ho

Max Roach, heralded as "the greatest jazz drummer of all time," passed away on August 15, 2007. With his death jazz died. An era has come to an end for a music that was once arguably the most revolutionary new genre of the twentieth century: a music that embraced the greatness of improvisation and supreme technical mastery fueled by the profoundest commitment to human liberation.

Both the music and its great artists emerged from a communal context. At Max's public memorial service at Riverside Church this past August, close friend, pianist Randy ...

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