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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.
Sep 22, 2023 · Max Roach dies at age 83, in Manhattan, NY. August 16, 2007. This biographical timeline details Max Roach's life and the major milestones in his career as one of America's foremost...
Max Roach (born January 10, 1924, Newland, North Carolina, U.S.—died August 16, 2007, New York, New York) was an American jazz drummer and composer, one of the most influential and widely recorded modern percussionists.
Sep 6, 2023 · Now we’re focusing on Max Roach, who, alongside the drummers Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey, helped pioneer bebop in the 1940s. A Brooklyn native, Roach started playing drums at age...
Max Roach was the most successful, talented, and dominant member of a crew of young Brooklyn musicians who became early disciples of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Max Roach was the leader of what became known as Brooklyn BeBop.
2 days ago · Max Roach would have been 100 this year. An American music pioneer, Roach, who died at 83 in 2007, was a jazz drummer, composer and band leader. His percussive rhythms laid the foundation for the ...
Aug 16, 2007 · NEW YORK — Max Roach, the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists from Duke Ellington...
