Two events are planned in Newark to celebrate the Max Roach Centennial.
WBGO's Doug Doyle spoke with award-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard and drummer Nasheet Waits about the events (full interview above).
LaMont Hamilton
THU 1.18 @ 7:00 p.m. Max Roach Centennial: The Drum Also Waltzes Documentary Film Screening + Panel Discussion taking place at the Newark Museum of Art.
![Max Roach Centennial Freedom Now Suite concert at NJPAC](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ec7e2b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x600+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2Fd8%2F1c0ce0f84c9d9e15ccd5b4dbf653%2Fmaxroachfreedomnow-onsale7.jpeg)
NJPAC
FRI 1.26 @ 8:00 p.m. Max Roach Centennial: Freedom Now Suite
Cassandra Wilson – vocals
Sonia Sanchez – poet
Saul Williams – poet
Ravi Coltrane – saxophone
Eric Revis – bass
Nduduzo Makhathini – piano
Nasheet Waits – drums
![Nasheet Waits (top left) and Sam Pollard (bottom) join WBGO News Director Doug Doyle to talk about two Max Roach Centennial events in Newark](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c2bcabb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x380+0+0/resize/880x523!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2Fd7%2F4d18eb584585ba44163bb7dab3ee%2Fnasheet-sam-and-doug.jpeg)
Doug Doyle/Zoom
You can SEE the entire interview with Nasheet Waits and Sam Pollard here.