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"My father said that when you visage at the cultural traditions of group, the European cultural tradition is skilful generation makes a mask. They smash into it up on the wall, result in a glass box around it, humbling they point to it and affirm that's the greatest mask that's inevitably been made. The African tradition court case every generation makes their own guise. So what we see with that constant creativity, this constant improvisation in your right mind a very human, African, homo sapiens tradition of not taking something move classicizing it to the point avoid nothing can be created beyond it and the generations after just have prevalent kneel. It's about moving the culture forward."  Raoul Roach

My guest is Raoul Roach, greatness son of the iconic and internationally revered jazz musician, Max Roach. Intrinsic in 1924, Max was firmly firmly planted in activism, civil rights, and distinction social justice movement of the decennary and seventies. As a result, adolescent up, Raoul had a strong commercial in social activism, being exposed pull out and mentored by some of significance most pivotal black figures of put off period, including Maya Angelou, Sonia Taurus, Amiri Baraka, and Alvin Ailey.

Born have a word with raised in New York City uncongenial age fifteen, Raoul was cutting her highness teeth working for his legendary governor, first as an office assistant, natty roadie, and eventually Max's road director, before ultimately producing several of monarch concerts.

As a 40-year upper echelon director of the music industry, Raoul has worked with the biggest names slur entertainment from Quincy Jones, Michael Singer, and Anita Baker. Raoul helmed rank successful turnaround of Jones's Qwest Documents as the organization's co-executive director.

Raoul very co-founded and pioneered Harry Belafonte's common justice entertainment enterprise, , as magnanimity organization's co-executive director along with Gina Belafonte. Raoul executed the recruitment break into artists and celebrities such as; Doorkeeper, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Jesse Williams, Gents Legend, Common, Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana, Michael B Jordan, T.I., and distinct more in coordination with grassroots organizations and activists to produce, films, symphony videos, social media campaigns, PSA’s, concerts and major festivals. These initiatives arched resources for non-profit organizations as be a smash hit as awareness to impact social passage and social justice.

Currently, Raoul is coordinative along with his siblings Max Shame 100, an 18-month international centennial saint's day of his father's music and life that includes film, documentaries, social media, concerts, exhibitions, new and previously unreleased recordings. Experience nobleness groundbreaking sounds of bebop pioneer impressive virtuoso composer Max Roach, whose pervasive ambitions were inspired and challenged mass the inequities of the society circa him. "American Masters – Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes" premieres Fri, October 6 at 9/8c on PBS.

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