Max Roach
Also known as Maxwell Lemuel Roach, Maxwell Roach
percussionniste, batteur et compositeur de jazz américain.
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Maxwell Lemuel 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 Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious…
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- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — Self (archive footage)2024
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes — Self (archival footage)2023
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self (archive footage)2021
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)2021
- 70 Years of Youth Revolt — Self (archive footage)2020
- Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival — Themself2014
- Umbria Jazz Story — himself1993
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Maxwell Lemuel Roach, né le 10 janvier 1924 à Newland en Caroline du Nord et mort le 16 août 2007 à New York, est un percussionniste, batteur et compositeur de jazz américain. Pionnier du bebop, il aborda aussi beaucoup d'autres styles de musique et fut ainsi considéré comme l'un des batteurs les plus importants de l'histoire. Il travailla avec une multitude de musiciens de jazz, dont Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, Abbey Lincoln, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins ou encore Clifford Brown. Roach mena aussi ses propres formations et prit part, au travers de son art, au mouvement des droits civiques des Noirs américains.
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