Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)

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collaborator on:	The Quintet (Parker, Gillespie, Powell, Mingus, Roach) (ended)
additional eponymous member of:	Brown and Roach Incorporated (membranophone)
eponymous member of:	Max Roach Sextet The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet (from 1954 until 1956: drums (drum set))
member of:	Charlie Parker Sextet (ended) The Miles Davis Nonet (ended: drums (drum set)) Jazz Artists Guild (A short lived, early 60s, jazz collective) (ended) Kenny Dorham Quintet (ended) Metronome All-Stars Band (ended: drums (drum set)) Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers (ended) Bud Powell Trio (ended) Miles Davis All Stars Miles Davis Quartet Don Lanphere Quintet M'Boom Max Roach Plus Four Fats Navarro Quintet Charlie Parker Quartet The Riverside Jazz Stars Clifford Brown All Stars (on 1954-08-11)
original eponymous member of:	Max Roach Double Quartet (ended) Max Roach, His Chorus & Orchestra (ended: drums (drum set)) Max Roach Quartet (ended: drums (drum set)) Max Roach Quintet (ended: drums (drum set)) Max Roach Trio (ended: drums (drum set)) The Max Roach & Clifford Brown Group (ended: drums (drum set))
original member of:	Charlie Parker Quintet (ended)
children:	Maxine Roach (violist)

taught at:	University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States (ended)

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lyrics page:	https://genius.com/artists/Max-roach [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000396372 [info]
VIAF ID:	7575133 [info]
Wikidata:	Q175899 [info]
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Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	African Lady (studio, "Straight Ahead", 1961/02/22, main take)		Abbey Lincoln	3:48
	African Lady (studio, 1961-02-22: Candid, main take, mono)		Abbey Lincoln	3:42
	African Lady (studio, "Straight Ahead", 1961/02/22, take 4)		Eric Dolphy	3:44
	Garden of Prayer		Max Roach	2:51
	Joshua		Max Roach	7:12
	Let They People Go		Max Roach	6:53
	Motherless Child		Max Roach	7:24
	Retribution		Abbey Lincoln	3:48
	Troubled Waters		Max Roach	7:02
	Were You There When They Crucified My Lord		Max Roach	5:53
	instruments
1944-02-16	Bu-Dee-Daht	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra	3:14
1944-02-16	Woody'n You	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra	3:00
1944-02-16	Yesterdays	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra	2:58
1944-02-22	Disorder at the Border	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra	2:59
1944-02-22	Feeling Zero	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra	3:01
1944-02-22	Rainbow Mist (Body and Soul)	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra	3:01
1944-02-22	Rainbow Mist (New York, February 22, 1944)	drums (drum set)	Coleman Hawkins	2:59
1944-05-21	I Can't Escape From You (78 Tk)	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	3:15
1944-05-21	I Can't Escape From You (LP Tk)	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	3:21
1944-05-21	I Can't Get Started (78 Tk)	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	2:59
1944-05-21	I Can't Get Started (LP Tk)	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	2:51
1944-05-21	I Surrender Dear	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	3:04
1944-05-21	I'm Lost	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	3:14
1945-02-26	All Alone (studio, 1945-02-26: Manor W-1261-W)	drums (drum set)	Savannah Churchill	2:57
1945-02-26	Daddy‐O (studio, 1945-02-26: Regis W-1256-W)	drums (drum set)	Timmie Rogers and His All Star Orchestra	2:53
1945-03-30	Baby, Riffamarole	drums (drum set)	Nat King Cole	2:52
1945-03-30	If I Could Be With You	drums (drum set)	Nat King Cole	2:47
1945-03-30	If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)	drums (drum set) [drums]	Kay Starr, accompanied by The Capitol International Jazzmen	2:48
1945-03-30	Riffamarole (alternate take)	drums (drum set)	Nat King Cole	2:39
1945-03-30	Stormy Weather	drums (drum set)	Nat King Cole	3:15
1945-03-30	You Can Depend on Me	drums (drum set)	Nat King Cole with The Capitol International Jazzmen	2:58
1945-03-30	You Can Depend on Me (alternate take)	drums (drum set)	Nat King Cole	3:01
1945-04-09	June Comes Around Every Year	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	3:10
1945-04-09	Malibu	drums (drum set)	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	3:07
1945-05-11	Shaw ’Nuff (matrix no. G566-A1)	drums (drum set) [d]	Dizzy Gillespie's All-Star Quintette	3:00
1945-05-25	I'd Rather Have a Memory	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker and the Jazz All Stars	2:44
1945-05-25	I'd Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:45
1945-05-25	I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream	drums (drum set)	Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet	2:43
1945-05-25	I’d Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream	drums (drum set)	Sarah Vaughan and Her Octet	?:??
1945-05-25	Mean to Me	drums (drum set)	Sarah Vaughan and Her Octet	2:57
1945-05-25	Mean to Me	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker and the Jazz All Stars	2:37
1945-05-25	Mean to Me	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:39
1945-05-25	Mean to Me (studio, 1945-05-25: Continental W-3327)	drums (drum set)	Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet	2:39
1945-05-25	Mean To Me (mx. W3327)	drums (drum set)	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	2:41
1945-05-25	What More Can a Woman Do	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker and the Jazz All Stars	3:02
1945-05-25	What More Can a Woman Do?	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:04
1945-05-25	What More Can a Woman Do?	drums (drum set)	Sarah Vaughan and Her Octet	?:??
1945-05-25	What More Can a Woman Do?	drums (drum set)	Sarah Vaughan with the Dizzy Gillespie Septet	3:03
1945-06-22	52nd Street Theme	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	2:15
1945-06-22	A Night in Tunisia (live, 1945-06-22: The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	7:34
1945-06-22	Bebop (live, 1945-06-22: The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	7:09
1945-06-22	Groovin' High (live, 1945-06-22: The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	7:17
1945-06-22	Salt Peanuts (live, 1945-06-22: The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	7:52
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce (orig.-take 5)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:11
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	?:??
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce (studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy S5850-5, master take)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:10
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce (take 1)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:40
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce (take 2)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	1:40
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce (take 3)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:05
1945-11-26	Billie's Bounce (take 4)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker’s Re‐Boppers	1:39
1945-11-26	Billie’s Bounce	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Reboppers	3:12
1945-11-26	Ko Ko (studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy S5853-2, master take)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:57
1945-11-26	Ko-Ko	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Be Bop Boys	?:??
1945-11-26	Ko-Ko	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:55
1945-11-26	Ko-Ko (take 1)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	0:37
1945-11-26	Ko‐Ko	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Reboppers	2:58
1945-11-26	Meandering	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:13
1945-11-26	Meandering (studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy [no matrix] -1, master take)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:17
1945-11-26	Meandering	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Reboppers	3:20
1945-11-26	Meandering	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:18
1945-11-26	Now's the Time	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	?:??
1945-11-26	Now's the Time	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:17
1945-11-26	Now's the Time (orig.-take 4)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	?:??
1945-11-26	Now's the Time (take 1)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	0:20
1945-11-26	Now's the Time (take 2)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	0:37
1945-11-26	Now's the Time (take 3)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:05
1945-11-26	Now’s the Time (WOR Studios, NY, US: 1945-11-26, Savoy S5851-4, master take)	drums (drum set)	Charley Parker’s Ree Boppers	3:17
1945-11-26	Now’s the Time	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Reboppers	3:19
1945-11-26	Thriving on a Riff (studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy [no matrix] -3, master take)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:57
1945-11-26	Thriving on a Riff	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Reboppers	2:59
1945-11-26	Thriving on a Riff (take 1)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	3:00
1945-11-26	Thriving on a Riff (take 2)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	0:20
1945-11-26	Thriving on a Riff (take 3)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker’s Re‐Boppers	2:56
1945-11-26	Warming Up a Riff	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker's Reboppers	2:39
1945-11-26	Warming Up a Riff (studio, 1945-11-26: Savoy S5849-1, master take)	drums (drum set)	Charlie Parker	2:36
1946-01-26	Dexter Rides Again (matrix no. S 5879-1)	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:17
1946-01-29	Dexter Digs In	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon Quintet	2:57
1946-01-29	Dexter Digs In	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:00
1946-01-29	Dexter Digs In	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	2:57
1946-01-29	Dexter Rides Again	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:18
1946-01-29	Dexter Rides Again	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:16
1946-01-29	I Can't Escape From You	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:18
1946-01-29	I Can’t Escape From You	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:16
1946-01-29	Long Tall Dexter	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:04
1946-01-29	Long Tall Dexter	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon	3:03
1946-01	Long Tall Dexter	drums (drum set)	Dexter Gordon Quintet	3:04
1946-06-26	Coppin' the Bop	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	2:57
1946-06-26	Coppin' the Bop	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	3:01
1946-06-26	Jay Bird	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	2:59
1946-06-26	Jay Bird	drums (drum set)	Jay Jay Johnson's BeBoppers	2:58
1946-06-26	Jay Bird	drums (drum set)	Jay Jay Johnson's Beboppers	3:01
1946-06-26	Jay Bird	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	2:56
1946-06-26	Jay Jay	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	3:06
1946-06-26	Mad Be Bop	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	2:38
1946-06-26	Mad Be Bop	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson	2:42
1946-07-31	And the Angels Swing	drums (drum set)	Stan Getz Quartet	2:43
1946-07-31	And the Angels Swing	drums (drum set)	Stan Getz Quartet	2:44
1946-07-31	And the Angels Swing	drums (drum set)	Stan Getz Quartet (The Be-bop Boys)	2:46
1946-07-31	Don't Worry 'Bout Me	drums (drum set)	Stan Getz	2:37
1946-07-31	Don't Worry 'Bout Me	drums (drum set)	Stan Getz Quartet (The Be-bop Boys)	2:39
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	orchestrated
	Another Valley		Max Roach	8:47
	It’s Time		Max Roach	6:45
	Living Room		Max Roach	7:31
	Lonesome Lover		Max Roach	7:01
	Sunday Afternoon		Max Roach	6:16
	The Profit		Max Roach	7:33
	produced
	Ballad No.1		Max Roach & Connie Crothers	5:15
	Creepin' In		Max Roach & Connie Crothers	7:50
	Garvey’s Ghost		Max Roach	7:54
	Let 'em Roll		Max Roach & Connie Crothers	6:43
	Mama		Max Roach	4:51
	Man From South Africa		Max Roach	5:13
	Mendacity		Max Roach	8:55
	Praise for a Martyr		Max Roach	7:10
	Swish		Max Roach & Connie Crothers	6:16
	Symbols		Max Roach & Connie Crothers	7:06
	Tender Warriors		Max Roach	6:54
	Trading		Max Roach & Connie Crothers	9:56
	vocals
1979-12-15	Interviews, Part 1	spoken vocals [interviewee]	Max Roach and Cecil Taylor	9:36
1979-12-15	Interviews, Part 2	spoken vocals [interviewee]	Max Roach and Cecil Taylor	7:14
1989-03-23	Interview	spoken vocals	Max Roach & Dizzy Gillespie	32:40
	Love Piece		Brother Ahh	16:25
	arranged
	Straight Ahead		Abbey Lincoln
	Straight Ahead		Abbey Lincoln
	Straight Ahead		Abbey Lincoln
	instruments
	Booker Little 4 & Max Roach	membranophone	Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
	Booker Little 4 & Max Roach	drums (drum set)	Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
	Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street	membranophone	Clifford Brown & Max Roach
	Dinah Jams	membranophone	Dinah Washington
	Jazz in Paris: Parisian Sketches	drums (drum set)	Max Roach
	Straight Ahead	drums (drum set)	Abbey Lincoln
	Straight Ahead	drums (drum set)	Abbey Lincoln
	Straight Ahead	drums (drum set)	Abbey Lincoln
	liner notes
	Pieces of Time		Kenny Clarke, Andrew Cyrille, Milford Graves & Famoudou Don Moye
	Sound Awareness		Brother Ahh
	produced
	Historic Concerts: McMillin Theatre, Columbia U., New York, December 15, 1979		Max Roach and Cecil Taylor
	To the Max!		Max Roach
	composed
	All Africa
	Birth
	Dance Griot
	Driva’ Man
	Drums Solo
	Drums Unlimited
	Duets
	For Big Sid
	Free for C.T.
	Freedom Day
	In the Red
	In the Red (A Xmas Carol)
	Lonesome Lover
	Love Piece
	Magic And Music
	One In Two-Two In One Part I
	One In Two-Two In One Part II
	Percussion Discussion
	Rebirth
	Self Portrait
	Soft Shoe
	Spirit Possession
	Tears for Johannesburg
	The Arrival
	The Drum Also Waltzes
	Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
	Tropical Forest
	wrote
	Living Room

Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)

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