Max Roach
Hard bop, Musical Artist
1924 – 2007
Who was Max Roach?
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.
A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little.
Roach also led his own groups, and made numerous musical statements relating to the African American civil rights movement.
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- Born
- Jan 10, 1924
North Carolina - Also known as
- Maxwell Lemuel Roach
- The Duke Ellington of the Drums
- Parents
- Spouses
- Abbey Lincoln
(1962 - 1970) - Mildred Roach
- Janus Adams Roach
- Abbey Lincoln
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Manhattan School of Music
- Lived in
- Pasquotank County
- Died
- Aug 15, 2007
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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