Max Roach

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FILE - This June 16, 2001 file photo, shows Max Roach performing at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Music and records from one of the creators of modern jazz drumming, Max Roach, will be preserved at the Library of Congress. On Monday, the library announced the acquisition of Roach’s collection from his body of work over several decades. It includes more than 100,000 items, including 80,000 manuscripts and papers, as well as photographs, music manuscripts and hundreds of sound and video recordings. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)