Tonight’s program honors Max Roach, who turned 80 on January 10^th.  Max is one of the most important figures in jazz history, as a drummer, leader, and composer from the earliest days of bebop to the present.

Artist-Title-Album-Label-Date 

• Joel Frahm-East of the Sun-Don't Explain-Palmetto-12/8/01
• Bud Powell-A Night in Tunisia-Complete Recordings-Blue Note-5/1/51
  

• Anthony Braxton-Joy Spring-Seven Standards, Volume 1-Magenta-1985
• Clifford Brown/Max Roach-Sweet Clifford-Brown and Roach, Inc-Emarcy-8/3/54
  

• Lennie Tristano-Line Up-Lennie Tristano-Atlantic/Rhino-1955
• Sal Mosca-S.A.M.-Music-Interplay-1977
• Sun Ra-Kingdom of Not-Greatest Hits (originally on Supersonic Jazz)-Evidence-1956
  

• Max Roach-Almost Like Me-Featuring the Legendary Hasaan-Atlantic-12/4/64
• Sun Ra-Walking on the Moon-My Brother the Wind volume II-Evidence-1969
  

• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz featuring Max Roach-2001
  

• Max Roach-Sunday Afternoon-It's Time-Impulse-2/27/62
• Max Roach/M'boom-Circles-Live at S.O.B.'s-Blue Moon-1/9/92
  

• Sun Ra-Dance of the Extra Terrestrians-Hours After-Black Saint-12/18/86

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