The life, music and compositions of Max Roach, re-envisioned and celebrated in a global concert event. Prepared for: tbd Prepared by: Daryl Keith Roach 1049 Havenhurst Dr #49 DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC Los Angeles, CA, 90046 Phone: (213) 407-4058 Fax: (323) 656-8475 Skype (347) 467-1275 PROJECT PROPOSAL OBJECTIVE DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC produces entertainment in the nature of musical, dance, theatrical, orchestral performances, arranging and conducting events for entertainment purposes. MAX ROACH AMERICA - Negro Spirituals & Jazz with Chorus & Orchestra is the launch event. ABOUT THE EVENT MAX ROACH AMERICA honors the 90th anniversary of the birth of Max Roach and the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. MAX ROACH AMERICA - Negro Spirituals & Jazz with Chorus & Orchestra are concerts re-envisioned with multimedia video, photographs and dance, while intermingling a blend of vocal, musical, and Qualified Performing Artists. The concert event’s conceptual design allows artists and artistic plug- ins into parts of the concert, in each city it plays. Max Roach His Orchestra And Chorus With the socio-political-economic world market, MAX ROACH AMERICA concerts are uniquely positioned to speak to the developing issues of the twenty-first century, mirrored through the progressive perceptions of music and the arts. DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC can partner with educational, research, music institutions/corporations to fulfill these ventures. Max Roach Drum Solo Max Roach: Hi-Hat Work Out: "Papa Jo Jones" GOALS These ventures are partner funded by targeting corporate, individual and/or philanthropic sponsors. Building on independent contractor staff to augment the process of these ventures, while cultivating diversified income streams reliant on corporate sponsorship/individual sponsors. Building the infrastructure of DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC are achieved by targeting potential corporate sponsors with letters of intent. PROJECT PROPOSAL 2 PROJECTED KEY NUMBERS 5+ 20+ 4k+ SPEAKERS MUSICIANS ATTENDEES $300 to 3+ $450k PROJECTED GUEST REVENUE ARTISTS 20-40 SPONSORS PROJECTED CONCERT VENUES Royal Albert Hall - London Barbican - London PROJECT PROPOSAL 3 ATTENDEE DEMOGRAPHICS PROJECTIONS EXPECTED ATTENDANCE ATTENDEE GENDER 3,000 - 5,000 WOMEN 60% Attendees Expected MEN 40% ATTENDEE AGE GROUP ATTENDEE INCOME 15% Up to 25 10% -$30k 15% $30k - $50k 20% 26-35 30% 36-45 35% $50 - $75k 20% $75k - $100k 20% 46-55 15% 55+ 20% +$100k ATTENDEE ORIGINS NORTH AMERICA EUROPE 45% African American 35% African American 25% Caucatian 40% Caucatian 20% Hispanic 15% Hispanic 10% Asian 10% Asian PROJECT PROPOSAL 4 Max Roach was born in the Dismal His collaboration repertoire embraced Swamp area of North Carolina in 1924. large all percussion groups and While growing up in Brooklyn, New York, improvisational duos with avant-garde he found himself drawn to the drums at an adventurers as Cecil Taylor, Archie early age. In his teen years he began to Shepp and Anthony Braxton, also play with such Jazz Masters as Duke segueing into major dance productions Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy with Alvin Ailey and Bill T. Jones. Gillespie and Coleman Hawks. By the Theatrically he embraced partnerships age of 30 he had become one of the most with diverse playwrights the likes of seminal drummers of the 20th century, William Shakespeare, Amir Baraka, whose progressive percussionist Sam Shepard and Wole Soyinka. breakthroughs influenced several subsequent generations. His early Leading the way in business Max Roach successes as a sideman led him to even co-founded Debut Records and operated greater achievements as a band leader in his own publishing house Milma, his own right, starting in the 1950s. producing a variety of projects through MR Productions. Serving as a dedicated Max Roach was an inspiring figure to teacher from 1972, on the music faculty of both the Civil Rights and the Black Power University of Massachusetts at Amherst, movements of the Sixties. His “We Insist! he generously was always willing to share Freedom Now Suite” (1960) was one of his insights and experiences via teaching, the most powerful artistic statements of the worldwide lectures and public era and is cited as one of the key appearances. recordings in the history of Jazz Music. His collaborations with other artist ranged An adventurous creator, tireless performer, from classic Jazz Combos to full articulate spokesman and passionate orchestras, vocal choruses and inventive educator, Max Roach was recognized as string ensembles, including the Uptown an iconic American Artist, receiving String Quartet and the Double Quartet numerous honors and awards including the with his daughter Maxine Roach. MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” grant. PROJECT PROPOSAL 5 Vanity Fair called MAX ROACH The Time Keeper Drummer, Composer…one of America’s true musical divinities… Photograph by Martin Schullër Vanity Fair called MAX ROACH THE TIMEKEEPER Drummer, composer. More than 100 albums, one MacArthur “genius” grant. As they say - or, more accurately, sing - of God at Passover, if He had only split the sea for us, that would have been enough. Let’s embarrass Max Roach, at 77 one of America’s true musical divinities, by extending the conceit to him. If he had only pioneered the art of bebop drumming, lightening the beat from swing era wallop to modern, caffeinated skitter, that would have been enough. If he had only played with - we’ll keep the list manageable - Duke Ellington Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis (Roach was in on the Birth of the Cool sessions), Clifford Brown, Abbey Lincoln (his wife for eight years), and Fab 5 Freddy, that would have been enough. If he had only been one of the most ambitious and wide-raging composers of the second half of the 20th century, if he had only been virtually the sole musician of his generation to make it through the 70s without releasing a single schlocky fusion album, that really would have been enough. Even God has a halfhearted Psalm or two on his ledger; Roach, in his protean six decades as an artist, has never lost the faith. PROJECT PROPOSAL 6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Max Roach extensive tapes media, articles, letters and other materials (over 100,000 items), were acquired by the Library of Congress in 2012 to support new scholarly research in institutions on Max Roach’s music and he's contributions to twenty-first century world cultures. The Max Roach Family PROJECT PROPOSAL 7 THE TEAM Daryl Keith Roach is the eldest son of Max Roach, and Founder of DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC. Born in New York City, DARYL KEITH ROACH resides in Los Angeles, working as an Actor, Writer and Producer. In 2004, Daryl Keith Roach developed a non-profit organization MUSICaids…life thru music, which provides non-restricted funds for HIV/AIDS vaccine and Director microbicide research. Its first principle partner was the UCLA AIDS INSTITUTE. Through concert events and workshops, MUSICaids…life thru music tbd combined the healing power of music and the strength of community to produce positive, progressive results via edutainment. Noted theatre credits in the U.S. and UK, including SEMPLE, A One Man Show: works of Langston Hughes, directed by Tony award winner, Rae Allen. In the UK, MAX ROACH AMERICA in London at Barbican and Paris, Cite de la Musique, Daryl Keith Roach, Founder as well as, DIARY OF A BLACK MAN, in Birmingham. Noted TV and Film credits including SIENFELD, CHEERS and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST and SHAMPOO. Daryl is currently working on writing another one man show, titled NOT ENOUGH BEING, the life in the life with Max Roach. Jules Buckley (Aylesbury, 8 January 1980) is an English arranger, conductor and composer. Since August 2013 Buckley has been the chief-conductor of the Metropole Orkest. Composer, orchestrator and conductor Jules Buckley is musical pioneer who pushes the boundaries of contemporary genres. In 2004 he founded the Heritage Orchestra, together with Chorus producer/manager Chris Wheeler. The Heritage Orchestra is a flexible chamber ensemble, dedicated to performing new music with a daring approach to tbd crossing and linking musical genres. In 2008 he became principal guest conductor of the Metropole Orkest, becoming its chief conductor in 2013. Most recently, in July 2015, he worked with dance music DJ Pete Tong to produce the BBC Proms Radio 1 Ibiza Prom, featuring orchestral re-workings of over 20 tunes closely associated with the dance and club culture of the Jules Buckley, Composer Balearic island of Ibiza. Recently, he has worked with the WDR Big Band, Jose James and the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Patrick Watson and L'Orchestre Nationale d'ile de France, and arranged and conducted Caro Emerald's number one album "The Shocking Miss Emerald". Other highlights include work with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chilly Gonzales, as well as various performances of the hugely successful Urban Classic project, including a BBC Radio 3 Prom, where he conducted the BBC SO alongside some of the leading lights of the British urban music scene including Laura Mvula, Maverick Sabre, Jacob Banks, Wretch 32, N-Dubz’ Fazer and Lady Leshurr. Previous highlights include projects with Gregory Porter, Tori Amos, Markus Stockhausen, Michael Kiwanuka, Jonathan Jeremiah and UK house music duo Basement Jaxx. Ever the musical agitator, Buckley’s work has led to collaborations, recordings and live projects with the likes of Massive Attack, Arctic Monkeys, John Cale, Emeli Sandé, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie Cullum, Beardyman and Dizzy Rascal. Jake Michaels’ (Chicago, June 1964) passion is the art of the written word. Joining forces with DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC allows Jake to instill a greater purpose into his passion. Midwest born and raised Jake has resided from the East Coast to the West Coast, currently making Los Orchestra Angeles his home base. His writing projects span a clientele list throughout the U.S. Jake is grateful to tbd be a DAZZA ROACH ENTERPRISES LLC Team Member, and contribute to progressing social evolution through the power of music and the Arts.