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Max Roach was born to Alphonse and Cressie Roach in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, which borders the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp. The Township of Newland is sometimes mistaken for Newland Town in Avery County, North Carolina.
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Aug 12, 2024 · Max Roach (born January 10, 1924, Newland, North Carolina, U.S.—died August 16, 2007, New York, New York) was an American jazz drummer and composer, one of the most influential and widely recorded modern percussionists. Roach grew up in New York City, and, as a child, he played drums in gospel bands.
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Sep 22, 2023 · This biographical timeline details Max Roach's life and the major milestones in his career as one of America's foremost drummers.
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- Neighborhood Sounds Formed Musical Education Foundation
- Gained Reputation with Finest Bands of The Day
- At A Glance …
- Pioneering Efforts Lauded
- Advocated For Civil Rights
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Maxwell Lemuell Roach was born in Newland, North Carolina, on January 10, 1924. At the age of four, Roach moved with his family to the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn. Roach's mother, a gospel singer, took him to church regularly and it was there that he received his first musical instruction on trumpet and piano. Roach studied keyboard har...
When most of the experienced jazz drummers left New York to serve in the armed forces during World War II, Roach's musical reputation and his ability to read music allowed him to find employment with some of the finest bands of the day. At age sixteen he played three nights at the Paramount Theatre with Duke Ellington's Orchestra, filling in for th...
Born Maxwell Lemuel Roach, January 10, 1924, in Newland, North Carolina; married Mildred (divorced); Anne Marie "Abbey" Lincoln, married 1962 (divorced 1970); married Janus Adams (divorced); children: Ayodele, Dara, Daryl, Maxine, Raoul. Education: Manhattan School of Music, BA, music composition. Religion: Muslim. Career : Harlem, various jam sess...
In his 1952 work, A History of Jazz in America, Barry Ulanov lauded Roach as "a rhythmic thinker; his solos are not like swing drummers', not dependent on sheer noise and intensity to make the point." Known for his crisp and precise rhythmic execution and melodic sense, Roach was in demand as both a performer and studio musician. That same year, he...
Roach entered the 1960s committed to the struggle against racism. His outspoken views on race were reflected in the 1960 Atlantic album We Insist! Freedom Now. In July of the same year, he joined Mingus in a protest against the cancellation of the Newport Jazz Festival by staging a "rebel festival" at the nearby Cliff Walk Manor Hotel. The alternat...
Recordings
Coleman Hawkins, 1944, Classic Records, (France), 1995. (With Charlie Parker) The Very Best of Bird, Warner Brothers. Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, Verve, 1989. The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. I, Stash, 1989. Charlie Parker, Swedish Schnapps, (sessions including Roach recorded 1949 and 1951), Verve, 1991. Charlie Parker, Jazz Masters 15, Verve, 1994. Yardbird Suite, The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection, Rhino, 1997. (With others) Dexter Gordon, Dexter Rides Again, (1946), Sav...
Films
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz(interviewee), 1997. How to Draw a Bunny(composer), 2002.
Books
Bird, The Legend of Charlie Parker, edited by Robert Reisner, Da Capo, 1962, p. 194. Davis, Miles, with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography, Simon & Schuster, 1989, p. 204. Fetterling, Thomas, Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music, foreword by Steve Lacey, Berkley Hill Books, 1997, p. 157. Giddins, Gary, Chasin' The Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker, Beech Tree, 1987, p. 88. Gillespie, Dizzy, To Be, or Not to Bop, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979, pp. 374-75. Gioia, Ted, West Coast Jazz: M...
Periodicals
The Black Perspective in Music, 1990. Down Beat, March 21, 1968; July 24, 1969; March 16, 1972; September 1989; November 1978; November 1990; February 1992; May 1993; November 1993; November 1998. Los Angeles Times,August 17, 2007, p. B8. Musician, January 1994. New York Times,July 31, 1988, p. A21; August 25, 2007, p. C10. Philadelphia Tribune,June 12, 1998, p. E2. Pulse!,November 1992. Washington Post,August 17, 2007, p. B6.
On-line
"Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz: Max Roach," National Public Radio,www.npr.org/programs/pianojazz/previousguests/summer2007/roach.html(August 27, 2007). "Max Roach," DrummerWorld,www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Max_Roach.html(August 27, 2007). "Music Review: Friendship from Clark Terry and Max Roach," National Public Radio,www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1277286(August 27, 2007). "Pioneering Jazz Drummer Max Roach Dies at 83," National Public Radio,www.npr.org/templates/story/stor...
Maxwell Lemuel Roach, January 10, 1924 - August 16, 2007, to parents Alphonse Roach and Cressie Roach. He was a jazz composer, drummer, and percussionist of
Jun 20, 2024 · An early pioneer of bebop, jazz drummer Max Roach along with his frequent collaborators – like Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Coleman Hawkins – helped birth the sound of modern jazz. In this article, we explore the life and career of the great drummer.
Jan 23, 2008 · Roach was born in Newland, North Carolina on January 10, 1924, and moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York when he was four. His mother was a gospel singer, and he played in orchestras and bands while in school, studying at the Manhattan School of Music.
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