Jazz Fans May Pay Respects to Bebop Percussionist Max Roach on Legacy.com

Aug. 16, 2007 – Fans of bebop jazz percussionist Max Roach – whose innovations and improvisations supplied the beats that defined the musical genre – may remember him in an online Guest Book created by Legacy.com, the Internet’s leading provider of online memorials and obituaries.

The Guest Book for Mr. Roach, who was 83 when he passed away earlier today, may be accessed at:

http://www.legacy.com/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=92742878.

Any fan, journalist or fellow musician may visit the Guest Book and add his or her condolences, or read comments left by others. Entries are free and posted after being reviewed for appropriate content. Mr. Roach’s Guest Book also may be accessed through the obituary sections of Legacy.com’s 400-plus newspaper affiliates.

Legacy.com (www.legacy.com) created Guest Books for almost 1 million Americans last year, from all walks of life, including entertainment, sports, politics and music. The Guest Books of musicians often draw scores of condolences and remembrances. For example, the Guest Books for R&B singers Gerald Levert and Luther Vandross are the fifth- and sixth-most signed Guest Books ever published on Legacy.com, respectively, with about 20,000 entries each.