Deeds Not Words: Celebrating the Life and Music of Percussionist and Drummer Max Roach in his Centennial Year, Edward Cohen Photography

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As part of the Max Roach Centennial Celebration, please join us for Deeds Not Words: Celebrating the Life and Music of Percussionist and Drummer Max Roach in his Centennial Year, Edward Cohen Photography. 

The exhibit will be on view Sept. 9, 2024 through Dec. 20, 2024 in the New Africa House Lobby. An opening reception will take place on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 4-6 p.m., in the New Africa House Lobby 

The photo exhibit is hosted by the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, in partnership with photographer and alumnus Edward Cohen '75.

Edward Cohen 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.