… [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! In commemoration of "Bloody Sunday", check out We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite as you enjoy your Sunday breakfast/brunch.... … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
Saturday Open Thread: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is a jazz album released on Candid Records in 1960. It contains a suite which Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation.[2] The cover references the sit-in movement of the Civil Rights Movement. The Penguin Guide to Jazz has … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite