In Mosaic Records' quest for some of the significant but overlooked early recordings of jazz legends, the label has assiduously studied, gathered and documented an important and prolific recording ...

This is FRESH AIR. Last month, Max Roach's 1960 album "We Insist!" was reissued on CD. It also was named to the National Recording Registry, a roster of works deemed culturally, historically or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington poses for a portrait. She has recorded a reimagining of the legendary Max Roach album "We ...

The drummer helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s and delivered a message of resistance and liberation from the 1960s on. Listen to 13 selections from musicians, writers and critics. By Marcus J. Moore ...

Mr. X, Body And Soul, Just One Of Those Things, Ezz-thetic, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Woody 'N' You, Dr. Free-Zee, I'll Take Romance, It Don't Mean A Thing, Blues Waltz, Love Letters; ...

“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Kerr said in 1849. Nearly 200 years later, that is sadly true of the greatest protest songs. In 2025, songs ...

Max Roach would have been 100 this year. Roach, an American music pioneer who died at 83 in 2007, was a jazz drummer, composer and band leader. His percussive rhythms laid the foundation for the bebop ...