Celebrating Max Roach, Freedom Now!

This week, on the 4 o'clock hour, my guest will be San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Leah Garchik. Join us for a lively conversation on California, the arts, media in the 21st century and, of course, all things San Francisco.

Also this afternoon we will celebrate the birthday of the great drummer, composer and arranger, Max Roach, with selections from his masterwork, We Insist: Freedom Now! Suite, featuring Abbey Lincoln, with lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. A seminal figure in the history of American music, Max Roach was one of the foremost contributors to the language of BeBop percussion.

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Track	Artist	Song	Album	Label
	Langston Hughes	I Have Known Rivers	Anthology of Negro Poets	Folkways
	Langston Hughes	I, Too	Anthology of Negro Poets	Folkways
	Andrew Hill	Siete Ocho	Judgement!	Blue Note
	Bobby Hutcherson	Catta	Dialogue	Blue Note
	Claude McKay	Tropics In New York	Anthology of Negro Poets	Folkways
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	Ella Fitzgerald & Ellis Larkins	My One and Only	Sings Gershwin	Decca
	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Under a Blanket of Blue	Ella & Louis	Verve
	Ella Fitzgerald	Misty	Ella in Berlin	Verve
	Ella Fitzgerald	Jersey Bounce	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie	Verve
	Modern Jazz Quartet	Monterey Mist	Blues at Carnegie Hall	Atlantic
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	Bobby Hutcherson	Ghetto Lights	Dialogue	Blue Note
	Claude McKay	Introduction to If We Must Die	Anthology of Negro Poets	Folkways
	Claude McKay	If We Must Die	Anthlogy of Negro Poets	Folkways
	Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	New World
	Interview with Leah Garchik by Justin Desmangles
	Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln	Driva' Man	We Insist: Freedom Now!	Candid
	Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln	Freedom Day	We Insist: Freedom Now!	Candid
	Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln	Prayer/Protest/Peace	We Insist: Freedom Now!	Candid
	Ntozake Shange	No More Love Poems # 1	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf	Buddha
	David Bowie	Starman	Starman EP	RCA - Portugal
	David Bowie	Hang on to Yourself	Starman EP	RCA - Portugal