“There’s such beautiful stuff, but then it can be set against such horrible things,” he says, recalling how when vocalist Abbey Lincoln and drummer Max Roach were playing “We Insis ...

Music and politics intertwine in a sultry dialogue, from Max Roach's opening drum sequence to the piercing scream of singer Abbey Lincoln ... the Pan-Africanism of Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou ...

This documentary highlights iconic moments-musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach challenging the status quo at the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev's dramatic protest against America's racial ...

In February 1961, a remarkable outburst took place at the United Nations in New York – jazz artists Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, writer Maya Angelou and others crashed the Security Council to ...

This grim, exciting history lesson announces itself with percussive fanfare courtesy of legendary bebop pioneer and bandleader Max Roach. Roach’s drums underscore a volley of messages between ...

and the Max Roach estate. The album version of “We Insist!” consisted of the band playing, with vocalist Abbey Lincoln singing the lyrics intently, delivering the message of injustice. For the Kennedy ...

Celebrating the legacies of renowned musicians Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, this performance features Camille Thurman and Darrell Green, highlighting their influential contributions to jazz music.

Max Roach’s unerring sense of time ... keening horns and dynamic Abbey Lincoln vocals. Here, the close harmonies are expanded by the orchestra’s brass. The bustle and drama of “Freedom ...

"Max Roach Way" was introduced in the Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where he grew up. A Brooklyn neighborhood has honored the late jazz musician Max Roach by renaming a corner after him.

ArtCenter College of Design is proud to announce the exhibition Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting ... and spread through nationally traveling AJASS concerts by members Abbey Lincoln, Max ...

In 1954, Roach formed a quintet with trumpeter Clifford Brown ... Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite,” responded to the major civil right’s issues of the time, such as segregation in the U.S. and ...

when singer Abbey Lincoln and drummer Max Roach were among protestors who broke into the UN Security Council to protest the murder of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. But the film draws in together ...