Max Roach Movies
- 2021
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell7.22021HD
Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics....
- 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)7.6592021HD
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...
- 1960
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jazz on a Summer's Day7.21960HD
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day...
- 1981
Death of a Prophet
Death of a Prophet4.31981HD
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed...
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État82024HD
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...
- 2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes02023HD
The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from...
- 1964
Black Sun
Black Sun6.71964HD
Akira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a wounded African-American GI, on the run after the...
- 1983
Åke Hasselgård story
Åke Hasselgård story01983HD
Hasselgård died in a car accident 75 years ago, aged just 26, he became a legend like so many other young dead in jazz history. The clarinetist...
- 1993
Umbria Jazz Story
Umbria Jazz Story01993HD
- 1981
Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley01981HD
This 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer Max Roach and his band.
- 2014
Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival
Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival02014HD
"Recorded Live: 8/16/1992 - Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, RI)"
- 1970
Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990
Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 199001970HD
Max Roach and his double quartet live from Stuttgart, West Germany in 1990.
- 1982
Dizzy's Dream Band
Dizzy's Dream Band01982HD
All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.