Roach, Max, 1924-2007
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Max 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 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, and Booker Little. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.
Roach also co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown and the percussion ensemble M'Boom. He made numerous musical statements relating to the civil rights movement.
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| referencedIn | Atkins, Irene Kahn, 1922-. Major figures in American music [M-R] : [oral history]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Bobby Davis Photograph Collection PH 065., 1980-1983 | Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Burns, Ethel. Ethel Burns papers, 1954-1975 (bulk 1954-1970). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Charles Mingus Collection, 1939-1979 | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
| referencedIn | Duke Ellington recordings collection | Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library | |
| referencedIn | Ethel Burns papers, 1954-1975, 1954-1970 | The New York Public Library. Music Division. | |
| referencedIn | Fisk University. Institute for Research in Black American Music. Fisk University Institute for Research in Black American Music collection, 1920-1985. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Gryce, Gigi. Lead sheets : unpublished copyright deposits, 1961 / [compiled by Gigi Gryce]. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | James E. Hinton Collection, 1968-1992 : Finding Aid | Harvard Film Archive, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Larry Neal papers, 1961-1985 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section |
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| associatedWith | Burns, Ethel. |
| associatedWith | Davis, Bobby |
| associatedWith | Dodge, Joseph Jeffers |
| associatedWith | Dodge, Joseph Jeffers |
| correspondedWith | Fisk University. Institute for Research in Black American Music. |
| associatedWith | Lassiter, Ryan. |
| associatedWith | Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. |
| associatedWith | Neal, Larry, 1937-1981. |
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Birth 1924-01-10
Death 2007-08-16
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