A series of events on October 23-24th will honor the life and work of famed jazz drummer Max Roach.
Max RoachA pioneer of bebop, Roach served on the faculty of University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1972 until his retirement in 2004. He died in 2007.
On October 23, a panel titled “Conversations: Drummers As Trendsetters” will be moderated by Dr. Stephanie Shonekan, chair of the W.E.B Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass.
On the following day, a panel titled “Conversation: The Life and Legacy of Max Roach,” will include poet Sonia Sanchez; Roach biographer Herb Boyd; visual artist Nelson Stevens and Roach’s daughter, Maxine. John Bracey, Jr., a professor of Afro-American Studies at UMass will moderate the conversation.
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