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“Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty."
Max Roach, pictured in Japan mid ‘50′s
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach
George Morrow, Hank Mobley, Max Roach and Kenny Dorham, session for ‘Max Roach Plus Four Plays Charlie Parker’ 23rd December 1957
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Max Roach, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins by Bob Parent
Max Roach and Sonny Rollins by David Redfern
Miles Davis with Kai Winding and Max Roach
"Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty."
Max Roach, pictured in Japan mid ‘50′s
Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Gigi Gryce and Max Roach at Tony’s, Brooklyn NYC, March 1954
Thelonious Monk and Max Roach
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"You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again." Max Roach, NYC 1954 by Herman Leonard
Sonny Clark and Max Roach
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"Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight liar... You can miss the most important years of your life, the years of possible creation." Charlie Parker with Max Roach
"Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty." Max Roach
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Booker Little and Max Roach at ‘The Many Sides Of Max’ session [1959]
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Paris 1949 - Hot Lips Page, Tommy Potter, The agent, Big Chief Moore, Sidney Bechet, Al Haig, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham - What a line-up!
Max Roach and Bud Powell
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10 great Jazz albums released in 1963
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Thelonious Monk - Monks Dream
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Joe Henderson - Page One
Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Bill Evans - Conversations With Myself
Donald Byrd - A New Perspective
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach - Money Jungle
John Coltrane - Impressions