American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007)
Max Roach
Roach c. 1947
Background information
Birth name
Maxwell Lemuel Roach
Born
(1924-01-10)January 10, 1924 Newland Township, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
August 16, 2007(2007-08-16) (aged 83) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
bebop
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
educator
Instrument(s)
Drums
percussion
piano
Years active
1944–2002
Labels
Capitol
Impulse!
Alma mater
Manhattan School of Music
Musical artist
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924[a] – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history.[2][3] He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, Grammy nominated Violist. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.[4]
In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, he founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom.
^MADISON magazine: "Max Roach and James Woods". Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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^"Legendary Jazz Drummer Max Roach Dies at 83". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
^"Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014". Modern Drummer. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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Shelly Manne in the popular Lighthouse All Stars. Roach and Brown formed the joint Clifford Brown/MaxRoach Quintet in the mid-1950s with tenor saxophonist...
short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with MaxRoach, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by Sonny Rollins...
a 2015 album by Max Mutzke MAX (album), a 1958 album by MaxRoachMax, a 1977 album by The Rumour "Max", a song by Paolo Conte Max (given name), including...
Roach had the opportunity to style 10 celebrities, including Alton Mason, Kehlani, and Hunter Schafer. He starred as a permanent judge on the HBO Max...
saxophonists Ernie Henry and Sonny Rollins, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer MaxRoach. The former composition was titled as a phonetic rendering of Monk's exaggerated...
he was hired by MaxRoach to play on the album released as The MaxRoach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley. He later appeared on two Roach sessions recorded...
arranger for the quintet co-led by trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer MaxRoach. This band toured extensively across the U.S. for two years, and released...
recording ban was lifted, that Parker's collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie, MaxRoach, Bud Powell and others had a substantial effect on the jazz world. (One...
Monk; electric guitarist Charlie Christian; and drummers Kenny Clarke, MaxRoach, and Art Blakey. The term "bebop" is derived from nonsense syllables (vocables)...
Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer MaxRoach. Rollins was a member of the Clifford Brown/MaxRoach Quintet at the time of the recording, and the...
(Freddie Roach 1963) The MaxRoach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) MaxRoach + 4 (1956) The MaxRoach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) MAX (MaxRoach, 1958)...
respect for Bonham. A mostly self-taught drummer, Bonham was influenced by MaxRoach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. He was close with Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine...
Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/MaxRoach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell...
Harold Land (tenor sax), Richie Powell (piano), George Morrow (bass), and MaxRoach (drums). They did two takes – 10877-3 and 10877-4. Six days later (August...
Clifford Brown and MaxRoach at Basin Street (also known as At Basin Street) is a 1956 album by the Clifford Brown and MaxRoach Quintet, the last album...
New York and included pianists Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, drummers MaxRoach and Kenny Clarke, saxophonist Charlie Parker, and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie...
influenced by the likes of Sonny Payne, Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, MaxRoach and Art Blakey, as well as other jazz influenced drummers like Carter...
Brown and Roach Incorporated is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer MaxRoach featuring tracks recorded in August 1954 and released...
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