Max Roach, Jazz Pioneer, Dies at 83
By LARRY McSHANE
Associated Press
August 16, 2007 updated 2:09 pm EDTMax Roach, a master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations provided the dislocated beats that defined bebop jazz, has died after a long illness. He was 83.
The self-taught musical prodigy died last night at an undisclosed hospital in Manhattan, said Cem Kurosman, spokesman for Blue Note Records, one of Roach’s labels. No additional details were available, he said.
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