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Interviews

Nasheet Waits remembers his relationship with Max Roach, and talks centennial edition of ‘Freedom Now Suite’

The cover art of Max Roach’s We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, from 1960, references the sit-in movement, which had...

October 10, 2024 0

Interviews

Joe Chambers: From the JFK Quintet to the Kennedy Center, by way of M’Boom

During the 1960s, a select group of masters helped redefine the traditions and artistic standards contained within the genre...

October 4, 2019 0

News | Library of Congress’s new Max Roach collection sheds light on crucial musician & activist

Years in the making, the vast and illuminating Max Roach collection was finally unveiled on January 27 at the...

February 4, 2014 3

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