Deeds Not Words: Celebrating the Life and Music of Percussionist and Drummer Max Roach in his Centennial Year, Edward Cohen Photography
Sept. 9, 2024 through Dec. 20, 2024
New Africa House Lobby
Hosted by: W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, in partnership with photographer and alumnus Edward Cohen '75
Opening Reception
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
4-6 pm
New Africa House Lobby
Ed Cohen '75 is a graduate of UMass Amherst and has been an active commercial photographer in Western Massachusetts since finishing at UMass. In addition to typical work for hire subject matter, Cohen has specialized in event and concert photography, including the contents of the Edward Cohen Photographs of Max Roach collection, which was purchased by the University's Special Collections & University Archives.
The collection is comprised of seventeen mounted photographs of Max Roach at UMass in the late 1980s, early 1990s. Roach is depicted in concert, backstage, and interacting with well-known musicians, UMass faculty, and members of the UMass community.
Honoring the Legacy of Max Roach: A Panel and Conversation
Monday, Oct. 21, 2024
3-4:30 p.m.
Old Chapel
Hosted by: W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
Panelists include Terri Lyne Carrington (Multiple Grammy Award–winning drummer, producer, and educator, Berklee School of Music); Guthrie Ramsey (Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania); and Sonia Sanchez(Poet, Activist, and Scholar). Professor Amilcar Shabazz will moderate.