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Feven Kidane Sextet | Max Roach 100 | VIFF

VIFF Centre 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver

Born in January, 1924, Maxwell Roach would become one of the defining percussionists of his era. A pioneer in bebop, he played with game-changers like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, led a sublime quintet with Clifford Brown in the 1950s, and kept reinventing his sound, exploring free jazz and […]