Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 10, 1924
Died
Aug 16, 2007
Place of Birth
Newland, North Carolina, USA
Credits
19 titles
Max Roach
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self (archival footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage)
Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival
Themself
Umbria Jazz Story
himself
Behind the Scenes
The Cosby Show
Dr. Gordon Darton
Åke Hasselgård story
Dizzy's Dream Band
Self
Death of a Prophet
Original Music Composer
Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
Self
Great Performances
Self
Renovación
Music
Black Sun
Musician
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Self
Ford ever
Music
Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990
Self