AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                                         272a

Max Roach

with Kay George Roberts

New York, New York

December 20, 1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a                                                                                                                         pp. 1-13

Early years in North Carolina (music in the church)--move to Brooklyn, New York--attempt to learn piano, bugle--first drum lessons--work in clubs, bars, at rent parties, Boys High School in Brooklyn--works with Duke Ellington--learning jazz by listening to the greats[Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb]--Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis--Manhattan School of Music with John Lewis, Gunther Schuller--WPA opportunies for blacks and whites to work together--extent of segregation in U.S.--African-Americans’ experiences and culture--plays with Lester Young, tries to imitate Jo Jones--develops own style--involvement in civil rights  movement--Freedom Now Suite--involvement in political theater, dance, music.