R.I.P. – Max Roach
When you start to get involved in the jazz scene and you take the time to go back and study the earliest of the jazz albums, certain names begin to pop up again and again. You can probably rattle them off yourself. The other thing is that jazz fans tend to be the types who want to know who all of the musicians are that they are listening to. So, you often get to know the “side-men” just as well as the stars.
You know that Jelly Roll Morton is often credited (whether he should be or not) with helping create …read more

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