Max Roach

Max Roach

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Often cited by top drummers as an important influence in their own playing, Max Roach is considered by many to be one of the great all time jazz drummers. Born in 1923 on the edge of North Carolina's famous Great Dismal Swamp, by the age of ten Roach was already playing regularly in gospel bands for his local church community.

During his early twenties he was in the vanguard of the bebop style which defined American jazz in the late 1940s. Roach played with some of the finest exponents of the genre, drumming for leading bebop musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk.

In the 1970s Roach formed a percussion orchestra known as M'Boom and against all predictions turned it into a successful concert ensemble able to captivate an audience without resorting to conventional melodic instruments. During his long and successful career Roach became a household name and played with some of America's biggest jazz ensembles. He went on to become one of the world's most famous jazz percussionists and is one of the leading players of the modern drumming era.

Top tracks

04
Joy Spring
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Expanded Edition)
06:48
Writer: Clifford Brown / Composers: Clifford Brown
01
Abstrutions
Max Roach
Members Don't Get Weary
03:38
Writer: Stanely Cowell / Composers: Stanley Cowell
03
Daahoud
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Expanded Edition)
04:02
Writer: Clifford Brown / Composers: Clifford Brown
05
Jordu
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Expanded Edition)
07:42
Composers: Duke Jordan
06
A Night In Tunisia
Charlie Parker
The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
07:35
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie - Frank Paparelli / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie - Frank Paparelli
06
Embraceable You
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown With Strings
03:01
Writer: Ira Gershwin / Composers: George Gershwin
05
Members Don't Git Weary
Max Roach
Members Don't Get Weary
05:29
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
06
Lonesome Lover
Max Roach
It's Time
07:00
Writer: Max Roach - Abbey Lincoln / Composers: Max Roach - Abbey Lincoln
05
Namely You
Benny Golson Sextet
The Modern Touch
04:46
Writer: Gene de Paul - Jim Mercer - Johnny Mercer / Composers: Gene de Paul - Jim Mercer - Johnny Mercer
02
Libra
Max Roach
Members Don't Get Weary
04:55
Writer: Gary Bartz / Composers: Gary Bartz
09
Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
Abbey Lincoln
Live in Paris
02:49
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: M. Roach
08
The Blues Walk
Clifford Brown
More Study In Brown
06:44
Writer: Clifford Brown / Composers: Clifford Brown
03
Stompin' At The Savoy
Clifford Brown
Brown And Roach Incorporated
02:52
Writer: Chick William Webb - Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman - Andy Razaf - Chick Webb / Composers: Chick William Webb - Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman - Chick Webb
02
I'll Remember April (Part 2 - Live at the Bee Hive, Chicago, IL - November 1955)
Clifford Brown
Live at the Bee Hive
08:51
Composers: D. Raye - G. De Paul - P. Johnston
03
All The Things You Are / 52nd Street Theme
Charlie Parker
The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
07:52
Writer: Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II - Thelonious Monk / Composers: Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II - Thelonious Monk
01
Perdido
Charlie Parker
The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
07:44
Writer: Juan Tizol / Composers: Juan Tizol
06
Absolutions
Max Roach
Members Don't Get Weary
04:40
Writer: Jymie Merritt
04
St. Louis Blues
Max Roach
Drums Unlimited
05:19
Writer: Luther Henderson - W.C. Handy
04
Equipoise
Max Roach
Members Don't Get Weary
06:21
Writer: Stanley Cowell / Composers: Stanley Cowell
12
Stardust
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown With Strings
03:23
Writer: Mitchell Parish / Composers: Hoagy Carmichael
03
Effi
Max Roach
Members Don't Get Weary
06:13
Writer: Stanley Cowell
02
Parisian Thoroughfare
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Expanded Edition)
07:15
Writer: Earl "Bud" Powell - Bud Powell / Composers: Earl "Bud" Powell - Bud Powell
05
Tears For Johannesburg (Remastered)
Max Roach
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Remastered)
09:46
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
01
Gertrude's Bounce
Clifford Brown
Ultimate Clifford Brown
04:10
Writer: Richard Dean Powell / Composers: Richard Dean Powell
01
Delilah
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Expanded Edition)
08:03
Writer: Raymond B. Evans - Jerry Livingston / Composers: Victor Young
04
Powell's Prances
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street (Expanded Edition)
03:28
Writer: Richard Dean Powell / Composers: Richard Dean Powell
03
What's New
Helen Merrill
Helen Merill
04:57
Writer: Johnny Burke / Composers: Robert Haggart - Johnny Burke
01
Garvey's Ghost
Max Roach
Percussion Bitter Sweet
07:51
Composers: Max Roach
04
January V (Album Version)
Max Roach
M'Boom
03:24
Writer: M. Roach / Composers: M. Roach
05
Time
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street (Expanded Edition)
05:05
Writer: Richard Powell - Richard Dean Powell / Composers: Richard Powell - Richard Dean Powell
03
The Long March
Max Roach
The Long March
26:17
02
Another Valley
Max Roach
It's Time
08:44
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
02
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
Clifford Brown
Brown And Roach Incorporated
07:19
Writer: Bing Crosby - Ned Washington - Victor Young / Composers: Bing Crosby - Ned Washington - Victor Young
04
Dance Griot
Max Roach
Birth And Rebirth
05:06
Composers: Anthony Braxton - Max Roach
07
What Am I Here For?
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown And Max Roach (Expanded Edition)
03:08
Composers: Duke Ellington
06
A Quiet Place
Max Roach
Collage
06:41
Composers: Max Roach
04
Blue Moon
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown With Strings
03:13
Writer: Lorenz Hart / Composers: Richard Rodgers
01
Driva'man (Remastered)
Max Roach
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Remastered)
05:14
Writer: Max Roach - Oscar brown Jr / Composers: Max Roach
03
Sunday Afternoon
Max Roach
It's Time
06:13
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
02
Freedom Day (Remastered)
Max Roach
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Remastered)
06:05
Writer: Max Roach - Oscar brown Jr / Composers: Max Roach - Oscar brown Jr
04
Living Room
Max Roach
It's Time
07:28
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
15
Africa (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival)
Abbey Lincoln
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Live at the Harlem Cultural Festival, 1969)
03:15
Writer: John Coltrane / Composers: John Coltrane
05
Dre's Blues (Live)
Lester Young
Norman Granz, Jazz At The Philharmonic - Frankfurt, 1952 (Live)
13:20
Composers: Lester Young - Flip Phillips - Roy Eldridge - Hank Jones - Ray Brown - Max Roach
02
Ceciliana
Max Roach
Again
06:20
01
Jordu
Clifford Brown
Finest Hour: Clifford Brown
07:42
Composers: Duke Jordan
09
It Might As Well Be Spring
Dinah Washington
Verve Jazz Masters 44: Max Roach, Clifford Brown
03:39
Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers / Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers
05
Crackle Hut
Max Roach
Audio Blues
05:49
Composers: O.Hershall
02
Nommo (Mono)
Max Roach
Drums Unlimited (Mono)
12:41
Writer: Jymie Merritt / Composers: Jymie Merritt
05
Deeds, Not Words
Max Roach
Deeds, Not Words
04:34
Composers: Bill Lee

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  • Discography
Albums
It's Christmas Time
â„— 2024 Kepach Music S.r.l.
29-11-2024
It's Christmas Time
01
As Long As There's Christmas
Fulvio Sigurta'
It's Christmas Time
02:06
Composers: Rachel Portman
02
Frosty The Snowman
Enrico Pieranunzi
It's Christmas Time
02:21
Composers: Steve Nelson - Jack Rollins
03
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Giovanni Mirabassi
It's Christmas Time
03:38
Composers: John Frederick Coots
04
White Christmas
Mattia Cigalini
It's Christmas Time
05:55
Composers: Irving Berlin
05
River
Maria Pia De Vito
It's Christmas Time
06:17
Writer: Joni Mitchell / Composers: Joni Mitchell
06
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Enrico Zanisi
It's Christmas Time
02:30
Composers: Hugh Martin
07
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Rosa Brunello
It's Christmas Time
03:55
Composers: Robert Wells - Mel Tormé
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Strictly Confidential
Kenzo Records
30-12-2022
Strictly Confidential
01
Strictly Confidential
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
03:08
Composers: Earl Bud Powell - Kenny Dorham
02
Fine and Dandy
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
02:42
Composers: Kay Swift - Paul James
03
Taking a Chance on Love
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
02:34
Composers: Vernon Duke - Ted Fetter - John Latouche
04
Celia
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
03:00
Composers: Earl Bud Powell
05
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
03:00
Composers: Gus Kahn - Bronislaw Kaper - Walter Jurmann
06
So Sorry, Please
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
03:15
Composers: Earl Bud Powell
07
Strike up the Band
Bud Powell
Strictly Confidential
03:27
Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
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Apres-Vous
1962 MTI
08-07-2022
Apres-Vous
01
Apres-Vous
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
04:19
Composers: Max Roach
02
For Big Sid
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
03:00
Composers: Maxwell Lemuel Roach
03
U-Jaa-Ma
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
12:28
Composers: Max Roach
04
Triptych
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
08:01
Composers: Max Roach
05
Memo to Maurice
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
07:44
Composers: Eddie Baker
06
Yardbird Suite
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
03:54
Composers: Charlie Parker
07
Ko-Ko
Max Roach
Apres-Vous
07:54
Composers: Charlie Parker
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Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
2021 Nagel-Heyer Records GmbH
04-05-2021
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
01
Sure Thing (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
02:12
Composers: Bud Powell
02
Allen's Alley (Wee) (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
06:48
Composers: Denzil Best
03
Hot House (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
09:11
Composers: Tadd Dameron
04
Embraceable You (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
04:24
Composers: George Gershwin - Bud Powell
05
A Night in Tunisia (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
07:35
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie - Frank Paparelli
06
Drum Conversation (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
04:42
Composers: Max Roach
07
Cherokee (Live)
Bud Powell
Sure Thing - Live in Toronto
04:55
Composers: Ray Noble
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The 1960 Time Sessions
2019 Time Records
01-01-2018
The 1960 Time Sessions
01
Minor Meeting
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
03:46
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
02
Nica
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
06:14
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
03
Sonny's Crip
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
06:16
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
04
Blue Mambo
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
04:58
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
05
Blues Blue
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
04:22
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
06
Junka
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
06:14
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
07
My Conception
Sonny Clark Trio
The 1960 Time Sessions
04:30
Composers: Sonny Clark Trio - George Duvivier - Max Roach
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Live in Paris
2016 Musicom, Inc.
01-03-2017
Live in Paris
01
Right Now
Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach
Live in Paris
10:52
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: M. Roach
02
Lonesome Lover
Abbey Lincoln
Live in Paris
03:44
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: M. Roach
03
I Feel Thinking
Abbey Lincoln
Live in Paris
03:38
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: M. Roach
04
Africa
Abbey Lincoln
Live in Paris
04:43
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: J. Coltrane
05
C'est l'homme
Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach
Live in Paris
04:55
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: L. Ferre
06
Up Jumped Spring
Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach
Live in Paris
02:31
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: F. Hubbard
07
Prelude
Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach
Live in Paris
02:43
Writer: nie dotyczy / Composers: H. Villa-Lobos
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Speak Low
2015 All About Jazz Records
09-04-2015
Speak Low
01
Wild Is The Wind
Max Roach
Speak Low
03:15
Writer: WASHINGTON NED TIOMKIN DIMITRI / Composers: WASHINGTON NED TIOMKIN DIMITRI
02
Namely You
Max Roach
Speak Low
02:46
Writer: Gene DePaul - Johnny Mercer / Composers: Gene DePaul - Johnny Mercer
03
Speak Low
Max Roach
Speak Low
02:49
Writer: WEILL KURT NASH OGDEN / Composers: WEILL KURT NASH OGDEN
04
Never Leave Me
Max Roach
Speak Low
06:41
Writer: Gordon Jenkins / Composers: Gordon Jenkins
05
You're Mine, You
Max Roach
Speak Low
02:39
Writer: Edward Heyman - Johnny Green / Composers: Edward Heyman - Johnny Green
06
In Concentrate On You
Max Roach
Speak Low
04:40
Writer: Cole Porter / Composers: Cole Porter
07
Moon Faced And Starry Eyes
Max Roach
Speak Low
02:52
Writer: Kurt Weill - Langston Hughes / Composers: Kurt Weill - Langston Hughes
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Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
07-02-2013
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
01
The Pilgrim
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
06:23
02
Zimbabwe
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
15:07
03
The Loadstar
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
01:42
04
Blues for a Hip King
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
01:30
05
Come Sunday
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
10:34
06
Tula Dubula
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
07:31
07
The Day'll Come
Max Roach
Max Roach & Abdullah Ibrahim, Live
03:28
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Audio Blues
2011 Ecl3ctic.com / a division of Kutmusic
01-05-2011
Audio Blues
01
Audio Blues
Max Roach
Audio Blues
06:32
Composers: M.Roach
02
Four-X
Max Roach
Audio Blues
03:58
Composers: M.Roach
03
Speculate
Max Roach
Audio Blues
05:01
Composers: K.Dorham
04
That Ole Devil Called Love
Max Roach
Audio Blues
06:27
Composers: D.Fisher - A.Roberts
05
Crackle Hut
Max Roach
Audio Blues
05:49
Composers: O.Hershall
06
CM
Max Roach
Audio Blues
05:03
Composers: H.Mobley
Max Roach: Candid Roach
2009 Candid Productions Ltd
21-02-2011
Max Roach: Candid Roach
01
Freedom Day
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
06:10
Writer: Max Roach - Oscar brown Jr / Composers: Max Roach - Oscar brown Jr
02
Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
07:04
Writer: Kenny Dorham / Composers: Kenny Dorham
03
Cliff Walk
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
09:45
Writer: Booker Little / Composers: Booker Little
04
When Malindy Sings
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
04:09
Writer: Oscar Brown / Composers: Oscar Brown
05
In the Red
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
08:35
Writer: Max Roach - Chips Bayen - Abbey Lincoln / Composers: Max Roach - Chips Bayen - Abbey Lincoln
06
We Speak
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
06:49
Writer: Booker Little / Composers: Booker Little
07
A New Day
Max Roach
Max Roach: Candid Roach
05:31
Writer: Booker Little / Composers: Booker Little
Again - Volume 1
2007 Charly Records
19-01-2010
Again - Volume 1
01
This Night Mountain (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 1
13:18
Composers: Roach
02
Ceciliana (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 1
06:20
Composers: Roach
03
Mop Mop (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 1
05:15
Composers: Clarke - Hawkins
04
Jordu (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 1
06:37
Composers: Jordan
05
Sophisticated Lady (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 1
06:09
Composers: Ellinton - MiLLS - Parish
Again - Volume 2
2007 Charly Records
19-01-2010
Again - Volume 2
01
Who Will Buy? (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 2
02:32
Composers: Bart
02
Love for Sale (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 2
04:13
Composers: Porter
03
Long As You're Living (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 2
05:32
Composers: Priester - Turrentine
04
Kardouba (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 2
12:42
Composers: Priester - Roach
05
Stop Motion (Live)
Max Roach
Again - Volume 2
14:23
Composers: Roach
Creating The Beat
â„— 2007 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
21-08-2007
Creating The Beat
01
Bluebird
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
02:55
Composers: Max Roach
02
So Easy
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
02:41
Composers: Tadd Dameron
03
Barbados
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
02:31
Composers: Charlie Parker
04
Long Tall Dexter
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
03:03
Composers: Dexter Gordon
05
Half Nelson
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
02:51
Composers: Miles Davis
06
Donna Lee
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
02:35
Composers: Charlie Parker
07
Dexter Rides Again
Max Roach
Creating The Beat
03:14
Composers: Dexter Gordon - Bud Powell
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One in Two - Two in One (Live)
01-01-2004
One in Two - Two in One (Live)
01
One in Two - Two in One: Part 1 (Live)
Max Roach
One in Two - Two in One (Live)
35:29
02
One in Two - Two in One: Part 2 (Live)
Max Roach
One in Two - Two in One (Live)
39:29
Parisian Sketches
â„— 2002 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-2002
Parisian Sketches
01
Parisian Sketches (Includes "The Tower", "The Champs", "The Caves", "The Left Bank", and "The Arch")
Max Roach
Parisian Sketches
17:08
02
Nica
Max Roach
Parisian Sketches
04:46
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
03
Petit Dejeuner
Max Roach
Parisian Sketches
04:03
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
04
Un Nouveau Complet
Max Roach
Parisian Sketches
03:22
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach
05
Liberte
Max Roach
Parisian Sketches
06:25
Writer: Max Roach / Composers: Max Roach