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Max Roach

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Max Roach

20th century US jazz drummer & composer

From
Pasquotank County, United States
Active
1924–2007
Releases
100
  • jazz
  • hard bop
  • free jazz

About

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – 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. 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, Benny Carter, and Booker Little. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.

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In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom.

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Albums 57
EPs 2
Singles 5
Live 17
Compilations 17
Other 2

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Maxwell Lemuel Roach · マックス・ローチ

Tags

  • composer
  • drummer
  • 2008 universal fire victim
  • american
  • jazz and blues
  • percussionist

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ISNI
0000000115916378
IPI
00026211818

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