Max Roach has left the planet....
 

from the Times

R.I.P

FUCK.

worst news of the day, right in front of me having to delete all my cantankerous images.

for real though. Max Roach. Fuck.

Thanks for the music Mr. Roach.

Got this record from a friend back in March, one of the wildest percussion records I've ever heard.

rhythms on top of rhythms man

gone

Candid, 1958



Personnel: Max Roach (drums); Abbey Lincoln (vocals); Coleman Hawkins, Walter Benton (tenor saxophone); Booker Little (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); James Schenck (acoustic bass); Michael Olatunji (congas); Tomas Duvall, Ray Mantilla (percussion).

Solid gone.

...another solild foray into the heart of dah dum bum dah dah dum bum

Wow, this has probably been the first "RIP" thread I've cared about. That's just sad news, I hate to hear it.

It's sad that he'll never drum again on earth but the guy lived 83 years. Thats' some soild livin'. Sounds like he lived his life to the hilt and then moved on.

I saw him get down once outside at Columbia University back in....'01, '02?,'00? ....it was a duo gig with Cecil Taylor on piano. It was the summetime in the afternoon and both dudes were in dark suits. Roach and Taylor would trade these monster solos, jam together and then go back to taking turns solo'ing.
Good jazz shows can feel like reading a book, this one felt like the book got lodged in my brain.