JazzFest History
Max Roach
Instrument: Drums
Born: New Land, North Carolina
"I remember when I was 15 or 16, I used to work Coney Island sideshows. I worked a place called Darktown Follies, and we would literally play 18 shows a day. Can you imagine that? And I loved it!"
- Max Roach
DownBeat
From the JazzFest Program Biography:
