Behind the scenes with Max Roach/Allen Toussaint

""Max Roach, the legendary jazz percussionist and composer, brings the accent to music, using layered and funky rhythms to turn you on by feeling the beat" --Container."
"Two episodes from the Behind The Scenes television series. The first on jazz percussionist Max Roach helps children learn about rhythm. The second is a visit with composer Allen Toussaint who shows children how melodies are created."@en
"Jazz percussionist Max Roach helps children learn about rhythm."@en
"Jazz percussionist Max Roach helps children learn about rhythm."
"Max Roach brings the accent to music, using layered and funky rhythms to introduce the beat."@en
"This series, hosted by comic magicians Penn & Teller, is designed to instill creative and critical thinking skills in children through exploration of the visual and performing arts. As the series title suggests, each episode goes behind the scenes, highlighting ten renowned artists and performers, covering the fields of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music, dance and theater."
"Rhythm is the heartbeat of music and makes the music move! Jazz percussionist Max Roach demonstrates that different rhythmic patterns create different kinds of movement and how to identify some of the most common rhythms in music. He uses the four "limbs" of his drum set to illustrate how different rhythmic patterns can be layered to create a composition."