I think the death of Max Roach on Thursday has hit jazz fans a little harder than most of us expected.
In New York, Phil Schaap, host of WKCR-FM's Birdflight, a daily morning radio program devoted to the music of Charlie Parker, was devastated. When I gave Phil a call during the show, we spoke for a minute between records about the loss.
Phil knew Max wel…
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