Max Roach

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About Max Roach

Max Roach helped establish a new vocabulary for jazz drummers while backing all of the leading practitioners of the bebop scene. In 1948 he participated in Miles Davis' seminal Birth of the Cool sessions before forming his own quintet with iconic bop trumpeter Clifford Brown. Later, Roach's work most notably included the seminal We Insist! Freedom Now Suite in 1961. Throughout the '70s and '80s, Roach continued breaking new ground. He formed the percussion ensemble M'Boom in 1970, issuing a handful of acclaimed albums including 1973's Re: Percussion for Strata East, M'Boom for Columbia in 1979, and To the Max for Enja in 1991. He worked with vanguard musicians including Anthony Braxton and Cecil Taylor in the '70s and '80s. His final album, Friendship, was recorded in collaboration with trumpeter Clark Terry, and issued by Columbia in 2002.

HOMETOWN
New Land, NC, United States
BORN
January 10, 1924
GENRE
Jazz

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