Max Roach
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Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history.
Roach, c. 1947
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 1979
The grave of Max Roach
Roach in 2000
Fab Five Freddy
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Fred Brathwaite, more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, TV personality, and hip-hop pioneer. He is considered one of the architects of the street art movement.
Max Roach
…the Dianne McIntyre Dance Company, and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. He surprised his fans by performing in a hip-hop concert featuring Fab Five Freddy and the New York Break Dancers. Roach expressed the insight that there was a strong kinship between the work of these young black artists and the art…
Fab 5 Freddy at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival