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Max Roach
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Max Roach grew up in Brooklyn and as a teenager was already playing at Minton's and Monroe's Uptown House. He built on the work of Kenny Clarke and became the most important drummer of bebop. He played with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and from 1954 led a leading quintet with the trumpeter Clifford Brown. Roach saw the drum kit as a melodic instrument and played solos with a clear shape. After Brown's death in 1956 he committed himself more and more to the civil rights movement. In 1960 he recorded We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite with the singer Abbey Lincoln. Later he taught at university and worked with hip hop musicians.
Listening
Triptych · Max Roach, 1960
Joy Spring · Clifford Brown, 1954
The Drum Also Waltzes · Max Roach, 1966
Driva' Man · Max Roach, 1960
Discography
Studio albums
- 1947And the Angels Swing / Symphony Sid's Idea
- 1952New Sounds
- 1953Bird - Diz - Bud - Max
- 1954Jam Session
- 1956Max Roach + 4
- 1956Rollins Plays for Bird
- 1957Drummin’ the Blues
- 1957Jazz in ¾ Time
- 1957Pretty for the People
- 1958Deeds, Not Words
- 1958Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene
- 1959Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
- 1959Quiet as It's Kept
- 1959Rich Versus Roach
- 1960Award Winning Drummer
- 1960Sonny Clark Trio
- 1961Percussion Bitter Sweet
- 1961We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
- 1962Money Jungle
- 1966Drums Unlimited
- 1968Members, Don’t Git Weary
- 1971Lift Every Voice and Sing
- 1976Force - Sweet Mao - Suid Afrika 76
- 1976Percussion Discussion
- 1977Sounds As A Roach
- 1978Birth and Rebirth
- 1978Confirmation
- 1978Solos
- 1978Streams of Consciousness
- 1979Again
- 1980M’Boom
- 1980The Long March
- 1981Chattahoochee Red
- 1982Swish
- 1984Survivors
- 1985Daahoud
- 1985Easy Winners
- 1987Bright Moments
- 1990The Long March
- 1991To the Max!
- 1995The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
- 1996Max Roach With the New Orchestra of Boston and the So What Brass Quintet
- 1997Max
- 1999Explorations… to the Mth Degree
- 2002Friendship
- 2002Jazz in Paris: Parisian Sketches
- 2007Creating The Beat
- 2010Clifford Brown - Max Roach (soundtrack)
- 2011Audio Blues
- 2011Duo (Verona) 1989
- 2013The Complete Max Roach 1958 - 1962
- 2016The Complete Study in Brown
- ?Lift Every Voice and Sing
- ?We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
- ?The Loadstar
- ?With the Boston Percussion Ensemble
Other work
- 1945–1948Charlie Parker · Savoy- en Dialopnamen
- 1954Clifford Brown & Max Roach
In School of Rock
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