#MaxRoach Day in #brooklyn
The 100th birthday celebration for Max Roach for central Brooklyn begins on January 10, 2023, his 99th birthday. A press and community conference are planned for 11:00 am, at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Skylight Gallery, located at 1368 Fulton Street, phone 718.636.6900. This event is free of charge and accessible to all.
The event is co-hosted by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium and Concord Baptist Church of Christ’s Minister of Music, Professor Glenn McMillan, where Max Roach began drumming. A proclamation and words from community leaders and several musicians who performed with him will be given. Jazz artists Cecil Bridgewater, Akua Dixon, Warren Smith, and Reggie Workman reminisce about onstage and off-the-bandstand experiences, with Max; a live performance by Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax Trio. Proclamation to be given by New York State Assemblyperson Stefani L. Zinerman.
Clarence Mosley Ulysses Kilgore III Raashida Smith
Kevin W Thorbourne Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn Sue Yellin
George Johnson George Gray Napoleon Revels-Bey Evelyn Collier
Colette Pean Omowale Clay Ahmed Abdullah Stanley Banks
CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL Dwayne 'Cook' Broadnax
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium
Community Board 3 Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Inc.