10 stycznia 2006

 

Max Roach

Today is the birthday of Max Roach. If you haven't heard of him, you suck.

There are videos of him in action at Drummerworld.


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.

Comments:
I didn't know OJ Simpson played the drums.
 
Only when asked politely Ted.
 
It's difficult to get to know jazz anymore, even though it's The Great American Indigenous Artform. Even New York basically only has a few clubs where the world-class jazzers play live. Most cities have no such places.

I can't even remember the last time I heard Max Roach on the radio, because his kind of jazz just gets no play. It's not smooth enough, I guess.

So I guess I do not blame my otherwise pretty intelligent friends for not being familiar with its history.

Most people never get the chance to learn anything about jazz, or even most good rock/folk/indie/world/whatever music.

And there's a simple reason for this: corporate "values," if such things even exist, are not aesthetic values. Nor are they ethical values, in too many cases.

Thanks for posting him up. I think I'll go put on "Smooch." Mingus, Miles, and Roach together. Didn't happen much.
 
He looks almost exactly NOTHING like O.J. Oh...wait...he is a man...and black....(to quote the brilliant Wondershowzen) "Oh I get it, your racism is ironic!"

Duh.
 
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