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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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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Who are the most talented drummers in Jazz history?(7 Answers)
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Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Ed Thigpen
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Hello @z_rich! These are some of the best jazz drummers of all time: 1. Buddy Richwas an American jazz drummer and bandleader who was called as "the world ...
Who is your favorite jazz drummer of all-time? Louie Bellson? Max Roach? Gene Krupa?(3 Answers)
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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 ...
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Maxwell Lemuel Roach
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