Joe DiMonte

[quote=wiseone2;320083]Max Roach has passed away.
From the New York Times-

August 16, 2007
Max Roach, a Founder of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83

I'll be remiss if I fail to pay my final salute to a man I knew since the early '60s and a fellow Brooklyner.
Amother other things,I hope he is remembered for his fight in getting the young boppers public exposure during the '60s,and his subsequent fights during the '80s when the Gov't led by Sen.Jesse Helms was conducting a slash and burn policy against the arts and specifically against funding the arts in our secondary schools.

Jesse's CRAP paved the way for WRAP !

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"Clark Terry - C.T.,as his friends call him,is not only a master of the trumpet and flugelhorn,but a master musician and a leader to the manor born." - Dan Morgenstern.