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Max Roach was a Jazz percussionist, drummer and composer most often identified with bebop/hard bop. Roach has worked with a number of great jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and Clifford Brown.
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Fast Facts
- Name: Maxwell Lemuel Roach
- Born: January 10, 1924
- Died: August 16, 2007
- Genre: Jazz
- Instruments: Drums, percussion
- Citizenship: American
- [http: //www.macfound.org MacArthur]: Recipient of "genius" grant in 1988
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Career
Roach was Charlie Parker's drummer in the infamous November 26, 1945 Savoy Records recording, which is widely acknowledged to be one of jazz's most important and groundbreaking works. -
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Guardian Unlimited: Max Roach Obituary
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YouTube: Max Roach - Drum Waltz (Time 1:23)
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Wikipedia: Max Roach
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Discography Project: Max Roach Catalog
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Washington Post: Drummer Max Roach; Architect of Bebop
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International Association for Jazz Education: Max Roach Biography
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BBC Profile: Max Roach
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Guardian Unlimited: Max Roach Obituary
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Max Roach "Chi-Chi" (The Max Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley)
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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - I Get A Kick Out Of You - 10:33 PM visit www.RadioTAGr.com/WSHA to TAG this song
@wshafm | November 09, 2009 03:34 AM -
Listening to Max Roach + Clifford Brown sitting by the fire.
@dagenmcdowell | November 09, 2009 12:11 AM -
cours de batterie Max Roach - découverte vidéo http://bit.ly/3Me2rm nouvel article
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http://twitpic.com/osi5p - from vinyl collection: listening to Max Roach featuring Anthony Braxton "One in Two - Two in One" (hat Hut/1980)
@edgeofchaos999 | November 08, 2009 08:04 PM
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Percussion Bitter Sweet - $14.98
Percussion Bitter Sweet is the most compelling, varied, dynamic snapshot of Max Roach's post-Clifford Brown ensembles. It features the doomed young genius Booker Little on trumpet, the innovative Eric Dolphy on alto and bass clarinet...
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Clifford Brown & Max Roach - $18.98
Many a young musician has been sabotaged by his own considerable abilities. So caught up are they in technical execution that they give elements such as emotion and taste short shrift. Trumpeter Clifford Brown was a musical dynamo, a man wh...
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View All Max Roach Questions (125) | Ask a QuestionHow many people on Facebook maxed their friend count? (2 Answers)I havn't found anything exact yet. Just the almost 3% number... http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/dear-facebook-please-lift-5000-friend-limit-a-modest-proposal/ "You get the picture. Ultimately, social networks are about connecting people, in all the weird & wonderful ways ... read moreWho is your favorite jazz drummer of all-time? Louie Bellson? Max Roach? Gene Krupa? (3 Answers)Baby Dodds! He was the drummer on the classic of classic jazz recordings by King Oliver as well as numerous other bands of the original jazz age. He played with ... read moreWhat is the Max. Capacity for Madison Square Garden? (6 Answers)For basketball events in the Arena, the seating capacity is 19,763 and for hockey events in the Arena, the seating capacity is 18,200. For all other events, seating capacity changes ... read moreHow do you do the Stockpile achievement? Because I have all weapons I think, and Ive done Take it to the Max yet not Stockpile (1 Answer)You have to have every weapon in your inventory. Unlike the treasure achievement, where you simply have to find the items. Just be sure that you have a rocket launcher, ... read more
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