Kenny Clarke
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Video: Happy Birthday Max Roach 'Live at Blues Alley'
Maxwell Lemuel Roach was born on January 10, 1924 in the Township of Newland, North Carolina and moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn when he was four years old. Max began playing bugle at a young age and was playing drums with gospel groups by the time he was ten years old. Continue reading
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Video: Celebrating Kenny Clarke – 'Blues Riff'
The Kenny Clarke Band performs his composition “Just A Blues Riff” in Switzerland in 1966 featuring Flavio Ambrosetti (alto sax), Franco Ambrosetti (trumpet), George Gruntz (piano), Isla Eckinger (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums). Continue reading