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Max Roach

Max Roach has been played on NTS over 160 times, featured on 144 episodes and was first played on 15 September 2013.

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…

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Equipoise
Max Roach
Atlantic1968
Equipoise
Max RoachAtlantic1968
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Fleurette Africaine
Ellington, Mingus, Roach
United Artists Records, The Douglas Collection1972
Fleurette Africaine
Ellington, Mingus, RoachUnited Artists Records, The Douglas Collection1972
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Effi
Max Roach
Atlantic1968
Effi
Max RoachAtlantic1968
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Garvey's Ghost
Max Roach
Impulse!1961
Garvey's Ghost
Max RoachImpulse!1961
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Absolutions
Max Roach
Atlantic1968
Absolutions
Max RoachAtlantic1968
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Freedom Day
Max Roach
Candid1960
Freedom Day
Max RoachCandid1960
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Garvey's Ghost
Max Roach
Frémeaux & Associés2013
Garvey's Ghost
Max RoachFrémeaux & Associés2013
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Members, Don't Git Weary
Max Roach
Atlantic1968
Members, Don't Git Weary
Max RoachAtlantic1968
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Rumble In The Jungle
Max Roach, M'Boom
Columbia1980
Rumble In The Jungle
Max Roach, M'BoomColumbia1980
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Triptych: Prayer, Protest, Peace
Max Roach
Candid1960
Triptych: Prayer, Protest, Peace
Max RoachCandid1960
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