I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us got started in public schools. Charlie Parker and Bud Powell, for example. But now there are no more music teachers in public elementary schools. It's like (Senator) Moynihan said, 'benign neglect.' Just let it rot and fester.
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction. - Max Roach
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction.
- Max Roach
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty. - Max Roach
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty.
The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra. - Max Roach
The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument. - Max Roach
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument.
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure. - Max Roach
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.
I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us got st… - Max Roach
I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us got st…
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. - Max Roach
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.
I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the styles fr… - Max Roach
I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the styles fr…
My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we must r… - Max Roach
My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we must r…
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