dr, 1924-2007 US, Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Maxwell Lemuel Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little. He was inducted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Drum Power!!! | Max Roach | 2017 | Album |
Four Classic Albums | Max Roach | 2017 | Compil. |
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Volume 2 | Max Roach | 2016 | Album |
Jazz At Massey Hall: The 10-Inch LP Collection | Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus | 2015 | Album |
The Complete Max Roach 1953 - 1958 | Max Roach | 2015 | Compil. |
The Complete Max Roach 1958 - 1962 | Max Roach | 2015 | Compil. |
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | Max Roach | 2015 | Album |
Jazz Heroes Collection 12 | John Coltrane, Max Roach | 2014 | Compil. |
New York - Toronto - Newport 1951-1960 | Max Roach | 2013 | Compil. |
Jazz At Cafe Bohemia Vol. 1 | Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, George Wallington, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Dorham | 2013 | Album |
Eight Classic Albums | Max Roach | 2013 | Compil. |
Seven Classic Albums | Max Roach | 2012 | Compil. |
Again | Max Roach | 2011 | Album |
Freedom Now Suite | Max Roach With Abbey Lincoln | 2011 | Album |
Live In Berlin | Max Roach | 2009 | Album |
The Golden Years | Max Roach | 2009 | Compil. |
Candid Roach | Max Roach | 2009 | Compil. |
Kind of Roach | Max Roach | 2009 | Album |
Complete 1958-1959 "Plus Four" Sessions | Max Roach Featuring Booker Little And George Coleman | 2008 | Compil. |
A Tribute To ... | Max Roach | 2007 | Compil. |
Sonny Rollins | Sonny Rollins Featuring John Coltrane, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Durham, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Max Roach | 2007 | Compil. |
Members, Don't Git Weary / Lift Every Voice And Sing | Max Roach | 2006 | Compil. |
Friendship | Clark Terry & Max Roach | 2002 | Album |
Red Hot & Blue Jazz | Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Pettiford, Hot Lips Page, Illinois Jacquet, Max Roach | 2000 | Single |
Explorations... To The Mth Degree | Max Roach - Mal Waldron | 1999 | Album |
Featuring The Legendary Hasaan / Drums Unlimited | Max Roach | 1999 | Compil. |
Beijing Trio | Jon Jang, Jie-Bing Chen, Max Roach | 1999 | Album |
Dizzy's Dream Band | Dizzy Gillespie With Special Guests Gerry Mulligan And Max Roach | 1999 | Album |
A Session With Max Roach | Max Roach | 1998 | Album |
Jazz Masters | Max Roach | 1997 | Compil. |
Jazz At The Philarmonic-Frankfurt 1952 | Lester Young, Flip Phillips, Roy Eldridge, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Max Roach | 1997 | Album |
Jazz Masters (100 Ans De Jazz) | Max Roach | 1997 | Compil. |
Variations On The Scene | Max Roach | 1997 | Compil. |
Dizzy Gillespie Pleyel Concert 1948 / Max Roach Quintet 1949 | Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach | 1997 | Compil. |
With The New Orchestra Of Boston And The So What Brass Quintet | Max Roach | 1996 | Album |
Max Roach | Max Roach | 1995 | Compil. |
It's Christmas Again | Max Roach | 1994 | Album |
Max Roach | Max Roach | 1993 | Album |
Max Roach (originally Award-Winning-Drummer) | Max Roach | 1993 | Compil. |
To The Max! | Max Roach | 1992 | Album |
Debut Rarities ★ Volume 2 | The Charles Mingus Duo & The Charlie Mingus Trio With Spaulding Givens & Max Roach | 1992 | Album |
Max Roach | Max Roach | 1992 | Compil. |
Max Roach And The Turrentine Brothers | Max Roach | 1991 | Album |
To The Max! | Max Roach | 1991 | Album |
Drums Conversation | Max Roach | 1990 | Compil. |
Max + Dizzy Paris 1989 | Max Roach - Dizzy Gillespie | 1990 | Album |
Two Quintets | Max Roach | 1989 | Compil. |
European Tour | Thelonious Monk And Max Roach | 1989 | Compil. |
The Max Roach Collection - A Retrospective | Max Roach | 1988 | Compil. |
Max Roach | Max Roach | 1987 | Compil. |
Deeds, Not Words | Max Roach | 1987 | Album |
The Long March | Max Roach Duos With Archie Shepp And Anthony Braxton | 1985 | Album |
European Tour | Thelonious Monk And Max Roach | 1985 | Compil. |
Manne, Jones & Roach | Shelly Manne, Elvin Jones & Max Roach | 1985 | Compil. |
Standard Time | Max Roach | 1984 | Compil. |
Survivors | Max Roach | 1984 | Album |
The Complete Debut Sessions 1953 | Max Roach / Jimmy Knepper | 1984 | Compil. |
Long As You're Living | Max Roach | 1984 | Album |
Historic Concerts | Max Roach And Cecil Taylor | 1984 | Album |
1947-1948 | Charlie Parker Featuring Dizzy Gillespie - Max Roach - Fats Navarro - Buddy Rich - Sarah Vaughan | 1983 | Compil. |
the verve collectors´ item | Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Count Basie, Oscar Moore, Ray Brown, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Willie Smith, Sonny Criss, Stan Getz, Barney Kessel | 1983 | Album |
Swish | Max Roach, Connie Crothers | 1982 | Album |
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 35 | Thelonious Monk, Phil Woods, Jimmy Cleveland, Max Roach | 1981 | Compil. |
Conversations | Max Roach | 1981 | Compil. |
Chattahoochee Red | Max Roach | 1981 | Album |
Europa Jazz | Charlie Parker, Kenny Dorham, Al Haig, Max Roach | 1981 | Compil. |
M'Boom | Max Roach, M'Boom Re:percussion Ensemble | 1980 | Album |
Again Volume Two | Max Roach | 1980 | Album |
Again Volume One | Max Roach | 1980 | Album |
One In Two - Two In One | Max Roach featuring: Anthony Braxton | 1980 | Album |
The Long March | Max Roach featuring: Archie Shepp | 1980 | Album |
In The Beginning | Max Roach - James Moody | 1979 | Compil. |
Birth And Rebirth | Max Roach Featuring Anthony Braxton | 1978 | Album |
Solos | Max Roach | 1978 | Album |
Confirmation | Max Roach | 1978 | Album |
Streams Of Consciousness | Max Roach / Dollar Brand | 1978 | Album |
Vol. 2 | Charlie Parker / Miles Davis / John Lewis / Max Roach | 1977 | Compil. |
Sounds As A Roach | Max Roach And Abbey Lincoln | 1977 | Album |
The Loadstar | Max Roach | 1977 | Album |
Charlie Parker Vol. 1 | Charlie Parker With Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach | 1977 | Compil. |
Force - Sweet Mao - Suid Afrika 76 | Max Roach - Archie Shepp | 1976 | Album |
Sessions, Live | Max Roach / Bud Shank | 1976 | Album |
Percussion Discussion | Max Roach / Art Blakey | 1976 | Compil. |
The Bop Session | Dizzy Gillespie / Sonny Stitt / John Lewis / Percy Heath / Max Roach / Hank Jones | 1975 | Album |
The Big Beat | Art Blakey / Max Roach / Elvin Jones / "Philly" Joe Jones | 1974 | Compil. |
The Big Beat | Art Blakey / Max Roach / Elvin Jones / "Philly" Joe Jones | 1974 | Compil. |
Drum Suite | The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble / Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / Slide Hampton Orchestra Featuring Max Roach | 1974 | Compil. |
The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever | Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach | 1973 | Compil. |
Lift Every Voice And Sing | Max Roach With The J.C. White Singers | 1971 | Album |
Ezz-thetic! | Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, Billy Bauer, Sal Mosca, Max Roach, Stan Levey | 1970 | Compil. |
Max Roach | Max Roach | 1969 | Single |
Members, Don't Git Weary | Max Roach | 1968 | Album |
Members, Don't Git Weary | Max Roach | 1968 | Album |
Five Greatest Drummers | Max Roach / Shelly Manne / Elvin Jones / "Philly" Joe Jones / Art Blakey | 1968 | Compil. |
Drums Unlimited | Max Roach | 1966 | Album |
The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach | The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach | 1964 | Album |
Taste Of Drums | Max Roach, Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden, Osie Johnson, Larry Bunker, Johnny Pacheco, Alvin Stroller, Jake Hanna | 1964 | Compil. |
Lonesome Lover / Sunday Afternoon | Max Roach And Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach And Orchestra | 1962 | Single |
Money Jungle | Duke Ellington • Charles Mingus • Max Roach | 1962 | Album |
Percussion Bitter Sweet | Max Roach | 1961 | Album |
Newport Rebels | Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Roy Eldridge, Jo Jones | 1961 | Album |
Award-Winning Drummer | Max Roach | 1960 | Album |
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite | Max Roach | 1960 | Single |
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite | Max Roach | 1960 | Album |
Rich Versus Roach | Buddy Rich And Max Roach | 1959 | Album |
Newport '58 | Dinah Washington / Terry Gibbs / Max Roach / Don Elliott | 1959 | Album |
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach | Booker Little 4 & Max Roach | 1959 | Album |
Rich Versus Roach | Buddy Rich And Max Roach | 1959 | Single |
+4 | Max Roach | 1958 | Album |
Deeds, Not Words | Max Roach | 1958 | Single |
Drummin' The Blues | Max Roach And Stan Levey With Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars | 1958 | Album |
Deeds, Not Words | Max Roach | 1958 | Album |
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 4 | Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach And Charlie Chan | 1958 | Single |
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 3 | Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach And Charlie Chan | 1958 | Single |
Max Roach With The Boston Percussion Ensemble | Max Roach | 1958 | Album |
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 1 | Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach And Charlie Chan | 1958 | Single |
Bud | The Bud Powell Trio Featuring Max Roach | 1958 | Compil. |
Opus De Bop | Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Hank Jones, Max Roach | 1957 | Album |
+4 | Max Roach | 1957 | Album |
Jazz In 3/4 Time | Max Roach | 1957 | Album |
Jazz In 3/4 Time | Max Roach | 1957 | Single |
Sweet Clifford | Clifford Brown, Harold Land, Max Roach, Richie Powell, George Morrow | 1956 | Single |
Valse Hot | Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Richie Powell, George Morrow, Max Roach | 1956 | Single |
Saxophone Colossus | Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Max Roach | 1956 | Single |
Rollins Plays For Bird | Sonny Rollins Quintet With Kenny Dorham And Max Roach | 1956 | Album |
Best Coast Jazz | Max Roach, Herb Geller, Walter Benton, Joe Maini, Clifford Brown | 1956 | Album |
Mildama | Max Roach | 1955 | Single |
Bird - Diz - Bud - Max | Bird - Dizzy Gillespie - Bud Powell - Max Roach | 1953 | Single |
Bird - Diz - Bud - Max | Bird - Dizzy Gillespie - Bud Powell - Max Roach | 1953 | Album |
Bird - Diz - Bud - Max Vol. 1 | Bird - Dizzy Gillespie - Bud Powell - Max Roach | 1953 | Single |
New Sounds | Max Roach, James Moody, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey | 1952 | Compil. |
Bongo Bop / Embraceable You | The Charlie Parker Quintet / Charlie Parker Accompanied By Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Max Roach | 1948 | Album |
Newport Jazz 1958-59 | Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz | Compil. | |
Yesterdays | Max Roach And Buddy Rich | Single | |
This Is The Modern Drum Battles! | Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Gene Krupa, "Philly" Joe Jones, Charlie Persip | Compil. | |
Jazz At Massey Hall Volume 2 | Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach And Charlie Chan | Single | |
Best Coast Jazz | Max Roach, Herb Geller, Walter Benton, Joe Maini, Clifford Brown, Kenny Drew | Single | |
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 44 | Art Blakey / Freddie Hubbard / Horace Silver / Max Roach | Compil. |
Max Roach Double Quartet Jazz |
Max Roach His Chorus And Orchestra Jazz |
Max Roach Plus Four Jazz |
Max Roach Quartet Jazz |
Max Roach Quintet Jazz |
Max Roach Septet Jazz |
Max Roach Sextet |