Max Roach – Big Drum Thump https://bigdrumthump.com Drum and Drummer News and Photos Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:22:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bigdrumthump.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Small-Fist-Thump-32x32.jpg Max Roach – Big Drum Thump https://bigdrumthump.com 32 32 62312745 Cosby’s Drummer Dreams Dashed by Max Roach https://bigdrumthump.com/cosbys-drummer-dreams-dashed-by-max-roach/ https://bigdrumthump.com/cosbys-drummer-dreams-dashed-by-max-roach/#respond Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:22:07 +0000 http://bigdrumthump.com/cosbys-drummer-dreams-dashed-by-max-roach/ Bill Cosby, one of the more famous of the famous people who really want to be drummers, decided to get another gig after he had a gander at Max Roach.

I finally went to see Max play and he played a song “Parisian Thoroughfare” that Bud Powell wrote….Max sat there so relaxed and playing it like he was wiping off a table top or something. And I said, “No, no. I got to be funny.”

Yeah, Cos, we’ve all been there at some point. Let’s go have some puddin’.

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