THE DOZENS: NASHEET WAITS SELECTS 12 CLASSIC MAX ROACH TRACKS

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In an era when drummers consider it a default performance practice to navigate a global template of rhythmic expression, it is important to remember that Max Roach (1924-2007) is the single most important figure in this development.

            
          
Max Roach, by Richard Laird

Just ask the drummers who knew him, as I did a few years back when Downbeat gave me the honor of writing a lengthy obituary. “Before Max, all the drummers, even the great ones like Baby Dodds or Gene Krupa ...

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