Max Roach News

February 12, 2012: Maxwell Lemuel Roach is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history.

Trombonist Julian Priester's career spans most of the twists and turns in Jazz styles over the past forty years.

One of the few famous trombonists of modern jazz , Priester also contributed two classics to the jazz canon, Spiritsville and Keep Swingin' . In short, to watch Priester perform in a club setting like the Royal Room - a joint that recently opened in Columbia City and is partly owned by another local jazz giant, Wayne Horvitz - is basically to watch ... (more)

In 1966 daringly original jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler toured Europe as part of an annual "Newport in Europe" package.

From the press rolls of Baby Dodds, to Max Roach's four-limbed independence, to the metric modulations of Jeff ?Tain? Watts, Marsalis has mastered the rhythms of the jazz tradition.

Jazz has always celebrated rugged individuality, praising those who appreciate others but stay on their own path.

At an early age, I sort of cancelled saxophone players out?I found out that you never get any recognition if you played too much like someone else.