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Fab 5 Freddy & Max Roach: Hip Hop Bebop

Frank Owen, Spin, October 1988

Max Roach says the new Charlie Parkers are in hip hop. The inventor of modern jazz drumming celebrates the new generation with wild stylist Fab Five Freddy.

Total word count of piece: 2093

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