Editing Max Roach (section)

==Honors==
Roach was given a [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Genius Grant]] in 1988 and cited as a Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in France in 1989.<ref>[http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/musique/video/CAC90004576/jazz.fr.html Medals ceremony (video)] ''Ina'' (French), 1989.</ref> He was twice awarded the French [[Grand Prix du Disque]], was elected to the International Percussive Art Society's Hall of Fame and the [[DownBeat]] Hall of Fame, and was awarded Harvard Jazz Master. In 2008, he was awarded the [[Grammy]] Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[Recording Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/lifetime-achievement-awards|title=Lifetime Achievement Award |website=Grammy.com|access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref>  He was celebrated by [[Aaron Davis Hall]] and was given eight [[honorary doctorate degree]]s, including degrees awarded by [[Wesleyan University]], [[Medgar Evers College]], [[CUNY]], the [[University of Bologna]], and [[Columbia University]], in addition to his [[alma mater]], the [[Manhattan School of Music]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol26/vol26_iss20/2620_8_Honorary_Degrees.html|title=University to Award 8 Honorary Degrees at Graduation on May 16|date=April 9, 2001|work=[[Columbia University Record]]|access-date=August 16, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wesleyan.edu/about/history-traditions/speakers.html#5 | title=Past Honorary Degree Recipients, About - Wesleyan University|website=Wesleyan.edu }}</ref>

In 1986, the [[London]] borough of [[Lambeth]] named [[Max Roach Park|a park]] in [[Brixton]] after Roach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23560|title=Max Roach Park|date=October 28, 2006|website=All About Jazz|access-date=March 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/places/max-roach-park|title=London Borough of Lambeth &#124; Max Roach Park|publisher=Lambeth.gov.uk|access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref> Roach was able to officially open the park when he visited London in March of that year by invitation from the [[Greater London Council]].<ref>[[Val Wilmer]], [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/08/guardianobituaries.obituaries letter to ''The Guardian''], September 8, 2007. "It was on the initiative of then Labour councillor Sharon Atkin that Lambeth council named 27 sites in the borough in 1986 to acknowledge contributions by people of African descent.... The opening of the Brixton park coincided with Roach's GLC-sponsored visit to London, happily enabling him to attend the opening in the company of Atkin and his old friend, the drummer Ken Gordon, uncle of [[Moira Stuart]]."</ref> During that trip, he performed at a concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] along with [[Ghana]]ian master drummer [[Ghanaba]] and others.<ref>Jon Lusk, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kofi-ghanaba-drummer-who-pioneered-afrojazz-1640302.html "Kofi Ghanaba: Drummer who pioneered Afro-jazz"], ''[[The Independent]]'', March 9, 2009.</ref><ref>Every Generation (February 20, 2017), [https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/interviews/origins-black-history-akyaaba-addai-sebo-interview/ "The Origins of Black History – An Interview with Akyaaba Addai-Sebo"], ''Black History Month Magazine. Retrieved January 7, 2023.</ref>

Roach spent his later years living at the Mill Basin Sunrise assisted living home in Brooklyn, and was honored with a proclamation honoring his musical achievements by Brooklyn [[borough president]] [[Marty Markowitz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/Press/2006/mar24.htm|title=Brooklyn Borough President|website=Brooklyn-USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001193339/http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/Press/2006/mar24.htm|archive-date=October 1, 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=March 21, 2011}}</ref> Roach was inducted into the [[North Carolina Music Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Inductees|url=http://northcarolinamusichalloffame.org/category/inductees/2009-inductees/|publisher=North Carolina Music Hall of Fame|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref>

In 2023, Roach was the subject of a documentary feature film ''[[Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes]]'', which premiered at South by Southwest and was nationally broadcast on the PBS series American Masters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Joe |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes - Watch the documentary now! {{!}} American Masters {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/max-roach-the-drum-also-waltzes-film/26469/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=American Masters |language=en-US}}</ref>