Max Roach

Biography

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Benny Carter, and Booker Little. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992. In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Roach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Cosby Show

as Dr. Gordon Darton

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

as Self (archive footage)

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

as Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

as Self (archive footage)

Jazz on a Summer's Day

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

70 Years of Youth Revolt

as Self (archive footage)

Behind the Scenes

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

as Self (archival footage)

Umbria Jazz Story

as himself