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Apr 4, 2024 · 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. Roach grew up in New York City, and, as a child, he played drums in gospel bands
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...
Max roach. Max Roach was a master among masters. Until his death on August 16, 2007, he was the greatest living percussionist. Beyond virtuosity, Max Roach was an innovator, on the cutting edge of every Jazz advent since BeBop. Max Roach was a formidable composer.
Sep 29, 2023 · September 29, 2023 | Marcus J. Moore. There’s a moment near the end of “Libra” that I can’t shake. It comes around the 3:35 mark, after a short drumroll silences the band, giving its leader Max...
Aug 17, 2007 · Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners’ expectations, died early...
Max Roach. DRUMMER Jan 10, 1924 - Aug 17, 2007. Max Roach is a bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society...
Aug 16, 2007 · Date of birth: Jan 10, 1924. Date of death: Aug 16, 2007. Photo by Michael Wilderman. jazzvisionsphotos.com. Bio. Max Roach was one of the two leading drummers of the bebop era (along with Kenny Clarke) and was one of the leading musicians, composers, and bandleaders in jazz since the 1940s.
