R.I.P: Max Roach

Mais do que um minuto, alguns dias de silêncio em reverência a Max Roach. Dos grandes bateristas do bebop, resta agora na ativa somente o igualmente fabuloso Roy Haynes.
O último disco de Max, em dupla com Clark Terry, saiu em 2002. E suas última aparições pública, já em cadeira de rodas, aconteceram no velório de Elvin Jones em 2004, causando ainda mais comoção, e em 2005, quando compareceu à cerimônia na qual tornou-se membro do Nesuhi Ertegun Hall of Fame no "Jazz at Lincoln Center" em NY.
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Legendary drummer Max Roach passed away on August 16th at the age of 83. His daughters Dara and Maxine were with him. In 1942 already Roach had played with Charlie Parker at a Harlem night club. Together with Kenny Clarke he had revolutionized the role of the drums in jazz during the bebop era. He saw his function never purely as a serving one but always felt like an equal band member. In the 50s he co-led an influential hardbop quintet with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In the late 50s he worked with irregular rhythms; in the 60s he was one of the first jazz musicians to use their music for clear political and anti-racist protest. In the 70s he taught at the University of Massachusetts; he also gave duo concerts with such avantgarde musicians as Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton. In the 80s he worked with a double quartet made from his own ensemble and the Uptown String Quartet, one member of which was his daughter Maxine. He toured up to the early 21st century and in 2002 wrote and played the music for the documentary "How to Draw a Bunny" about the artist Ray Johnson, besides recording a duo album with Clark Terry.
Obituaries: New York Times (1), New York Times (2), New York Times (3), Washington Post (1), Washington Post (2), San Francisco Chronicle , Boston Herald , Chicago Tribune , Bloomberg , New York Sun , New York Newsday , The Independent , Frankfurter Rundschau , Die Welt , Le Monde .
Other links:
London Independent (Steve Voce)
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2874094.ece
London Guardian (Ronald Atkins)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2151388,00.html
London Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2279973.ece
National Public Radio segments
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12868067