Max Roach NY Times feature “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Max Roach” covers the drummer who helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s and delivered a message of resistance and liberation from the 1960s on. Listen to 13 selections from musicians, writers and critics. For the past year, The New York Times has been asking musicians, writers and scholars to share the music they’d play for a friend to get them into jazz. This NY Times feature focuses on Max Roach, who, alongside the drummers Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey, helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s. Read the article…

Drum News Source: New York Times