Jazz Drumming Legend Max Roach Dead at 83 August
17, 2007 - The drummer that defined bebop Jazz
with his innovative chops has died. Max
Roach passed away peacefully in his sleep
late Wednesday night in a Manhattan hospital.
Roach was known for his wild improvisations and
was often called the greatest drummer of all time.
He got his start at 16 filling in for Duke Ellington's
drummer in 1940. Quincy Jones said, "Outside
of losing a giant and an innovator, I've lost
a great, great friend. Thank God he left a piece
of his soul on his recordings so that we'll always
have a part of him with us." He adds, "Max
was one of the founders and original members of
the A-Team of bebop," Cause of death was
not given. Roach was 83, he was survived by five
children: sons Daryl and Raoul, and daughters
Maxine, Ayo and Dara. - by John
Beaudin
2005
inductees to Jazz Hall of Fame August
29, 2005 - The Nesuhi
Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame has announced
its 2005 inductees. The hall, which opened
last fall at Jazz at Lincoln Center's new
home in the Time Warner Centre in Manhattan,
New York, was named after the Turkish born
Ertegun, who played a key role in developing
the catalogue at Atlantic Records, the label
founded by his brother Ahmet. The 2005 inductees
are: Count
Basie, Ella
Fitzgerald, Benny
Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Earl "Fatha"
Hines, Johnny Hodges, Jo "Papa Jo"
Jones, Charles
Mingus, Ken Oliver, and Thomas
"Fats" Waller. Max
Roach
and Sonny
Rollins round out the list as the first
two living members to be inducted to the Hall.
Visit the official site http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/ejhf_web/about_ejhf.html
. - by Cheryl
Philips
August
17, 2007 - The drummer that defined bebop Jazz
with his innovative chops has died. 
August
29, 2005 - The 
