Max Roach

Known for ActingBorn 1924-01-10Died 2007-08-16Newland, North Carolina, USA

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. In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Roach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Renovación

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

70 Years of Youth Revolt

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Behind the Scenes

Åke Hasselgård story

The Cosby Show

Black Sun

Great Performances

Death of a Prophet

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival

Umbria Jazz Story

Dizzy's Dream Band

Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley

Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990

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