Director Sam Pollard was captivated by the life story of drummer and activist Max Roach. Director Sam Pollard was captivated by the life story of drummer and activist Max Roach 35 years ago. "Seeing ...

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If you know people who play drums, want to play drums, or want to play drums better, “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes” could effect a turning point in their lives. Watching its subject play the title ...

Decades in the making, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes celebrates the groundbreaking jazz drummer’s career. Co-directed by Samuel Pollard and Ben Shapiro, they pooled their separate early efforts to ...

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 ...