Maxwell Lemuel Roach a.k.a Max Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 15, 2007), the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists from Duke Ellington to rapper Fab Five Freddy, has died after a long illness. He was 83.The self-taught musical prodigy died Wednesday [...]