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    Drummer: Maxwell Lemuel Roach
    Main Style: Jazz, Bebop
    Main Band: assoc. acts,...M'Boom, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Booker Little, Clifford Brown, Sonny Stitt, Billy Eckstine, Bud Powell, Stan Getz
    Brief Summary: Max Roach, born (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer. Roach was born in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, which borders the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp. Roach's most significant innovations came in the 1940s, when he and jazz drummer Kenny Clarke devised a new concept of musical time. By playing the beat-by-beat pulse of standard 4/4 time on the "ride" cymbal instead of on the thudding bass drum, Roach and Clarke developed a flexible, flowing rhythmic pattern that allowed soloists to play freely. The new approach also left space for the drummer to insert dramatic accents on the snare drum, "crash" cymbal and other components of the trap set.
    Other Facts: He was one of the first drummers (along with Kenny Clarke) to play in the bebop style, and performed in bands led by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. Roach played on many of Parker's most important records, including the Savoy November 1945 session, a turning point in recorded jazz.
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    Plenty of vids out there...



    Last edited by Olimpass; 03-24-2014 at 05:38 PM.

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    I saw Max Roach play a few times in NYC jazz clubs.

    Great drummer, great man.

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    I may be a metal drummer but max roach is one of the greats

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