Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz 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, 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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The Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintetadditional, eponymous, membranophone, drums (drum set), original
The Miles Davis Nonetdrums (drum set)
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Max Roach Quintetdrums (drum set), eponymous, original
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Max Roach Quartetdrums (drum set), eponymous, original
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Max Roach Triodrums (drum set), eponymous, original
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Max Roach Sexteteponymous
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Max Roach Double Quarteteponymous, original
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Max Roach, His Chorus and Orchestradrums (drum set), eponymous, original
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Metronome All Starsdrums (drum set)
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Charlie Parker Quintetoriginal
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