Max Roach
Often cited by top drummers as an important influence in their own playing, Max
Roach is considered by many to be one of the great all time jazz drummers. Born
in 1923 on the edge of North Carolina's famous Great Dismal Swamp, by the age of
ten Roach was already playing regularly in gospel bands for his local church
community.
During his early twenties he was in the vanguard of the bebop style which
defined American jazz in the late 1940s. Roach played with some of the finest
exponents of the genre, drumming for leading bebop musicians such as Dizzy
Gillespie, Charlie Parker...
I'll Remember AprilMax Roach, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, George Morrow and Richie Powell
A Night at the Village Vanguard
9:47
Moritat (Mack the Knife)Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Max Roach and Doug Watkins
Tenor Madness
CherokeeMax Roach, Clifford Brown, Harold Land, George Morrow and Richie Powell
New Faces, New Sounds Vol. 2
3:23
These Foolish ThingsMax Roach and Clifford Brown
Incorporated
3:48
CherokeeCharles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach and Charlie Parker
Quintet of the Year
4:57
Get HappyBud Powell, Max Roach and Curly Russell
Bud Powell Piano Solos
2:55
