Max Roach Memorial - video & mp3s
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Album:Interview
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Track:1994 Interview on WKCR
Max Roach died over a week ago at age 83 from alzheimer's disease, and Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! devoted an "entire segment":http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/27/1425234 to his memory and memorial at the Riverside Church here in New York City. It's not to be missed, as she's joined by poet and playwright, Amiri Baraka, and jazz historian and DJ at WKCR, Phil Schaap. They have wonderful footage of Max's memorial service, where Amiri recites a poem he wrote for Max's 75th birthday, Maya Angelou speaks of her close relationship with the great drummer, and Bill Cosby tells the story of giving up his dream of playing the drums after seeing Max perform.In addition, Phil Schaap hosted a nearly week-long Max Roach memorial special on WKCR, and posted below are a few excerpts of Max talking about his life and career (with additional commentary by the late, great, swing-era saxophonist, Haywood Henry, who shared a birthday (January 10, 1994 - the day the following interview was recorded).I've uploaded one segment of the interview, where Max speaks about his first gig with Duke Ellington. You can download the others here, at "Consilience Productions":http://www.cslproductions.com/music/talk/archives/000503.shtml.Enjoy!
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