Max Roach, one of the last remaining giants of post-war jazz drumming who helped pioneer five of its most significant movements—bebop, cool, hard bop, Pan-African jazz and free jazz—died Wednesday at age 83.
Along with Art Blakey and Kenny Clarke, Max Roach emerged in the mid-1940s, transforming the drums from an instrument of big band showmen to a sophi…
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