Death of Max Roach and other Information.....

The JAZZ WORLD has lost another giant. It has come to our attention that the great Jazz Drummer, Max Roach, (Seen in the photo on the left,) has died. The announcement came overnight. He had died in a Manhattan hospital after a long illness. He was 83. From Duke Ellington to Miles Davis, Roach made a deep impression on the Jazz scene. Details below of funeral arraignments and public ways to pay your respects. Max will be missed...

Services for Max Roach will be held on Friday, August 24th, 2007 at 11:00 am at Riverside Church, NYC.

Viewing will begin at 9am at Riverside Church.

The internment will be private.

The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, New York 10027
212-870-6700
http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/

The Riverside Church is located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side near Columbia University. The church covers a two-block area extending from Riverside Drive to Claremont Avenue and between 120th Street and 122nd Street. (120th Street is also named Reinhold Niebuhr Place.) The Claremont Avenue entrance (91 Claremont Avenue) is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Directions by Subway

Take the #1 IRT Broadway Local to 116th Street. Walk north along Broadway (passing Barnard College on the left) to 120th Street (Reinhold Niebuhr Place). Turn left and walk one block to (Claremont Avenue). 91 Claremont is one half block north of 120th Street on the left hand side of the street. If the IRT Broadway Express (#2 or #3 IRT) is taken uptown from midtown Manhattan, be sure to change at 96th street for the local train.

Directions by Bus

Take the M-104, M-4 or M-5 to 120th or 122nd Street.
For further information about bus and subway routes, click here for more information <http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/bus/> or call 718.330.1234.