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Ads by Google Related Topics Max Roach      Max Roach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maxwell Lemuel Roach (born January 10, 1924-) is a jazz drummer and composer. Roach expanded the standard form of hard-bop using 3/4 waltz rhythms and modality in 1957 with his album "Jazz in 3/4 time". Roach played on many of Parker's most important records, including the Savoy 1945 session, a turning point in recorded jazz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Roach   (538 words)      Zildjian.com - en-US Max's mother was a gospel singer, which became some of his first musical experiences as a drummer. Roach continued in the 60's to make albums ranging in repertoire from "Percussion Bitter Sweet" (1962) to the great trio album with Duke Ellington and Mingus, "Money Jungle" (1962). This was never more evident than on the "Freedom Now!" album (1960), which featured music by Roach and lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. http://www.zildjian.com/EN-US/about/adaabios_roach.ad2   (879 words)      main_artist Max Roach, born in 1924, is an American percussionist and composer and one of the most influential and widely respected drummers in the history of jazz music. Roach was one of the first drummers to fully realize the potential of the stylistic innovations being introduced by drummer Kenny Clarke, who was also performing with many of the top bebop musicians. Roach's drum solos on these recordings demonstrate his mastery of the entire drum set and his ability to construct drum solos with a sense of musical development. http://www.nccu.edu/campus/wncu/main_artist_archv_roach.htm   (520 words)      Max Roach Hard bop was a general reaction against intellectualized "chamber jazz" and the West Coast "cool" school, a return to roots: blues and the music of the sanctified church, characterized by minor keys, a darker ensemble sound, and the rolling piano vamps of gospel-tinged funk. But Roach (who just turned 76 on January 10) was a first-generation bebopper (Charlie Parker's "drummer of choice," as the Mosaic liner notes point out) and had also participated in Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions, which applied the bebop vocabulary to a fuller orchestral concept. Roach has dropped the piano (something he'd already tried on the Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker, which is also included here). http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/music/01/01/25/MAX.html   (847 words)      Max Roach on Clifford Brown's EmArcy Recordings Roach’s 32 bar solo on “Jordu” (Disc 1, Track 4) contains multiple elements, such as the meticulous tuning of his drums, versatile sticking and footwork, a cornucopia of rhythms, judicious pacing—none of which stands out to the detriment of the others. Four episodes during Land and Brown’s solos on a medium tempo version of Bud Powell’s “Parisian Thoroughfare” (Disc 1, Track 3) are prime examples of his use of the rock hard sound, both alone and in concert with other drums, to create patterns that have a powerful, and sometimes unsettling effect on the music. During the head of “What Is This Thing Called Love” (Disc 5, Track 2), Roach’s terse, chomping fills serve as a contrapuntal commentary to the mid-sized band’s segmented rendition of the melody. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=16783   (1644 words)      Max Roach It's just that the original Roach albums these selections were culled from had a conceptual unity that made the music that much more striking. From the late '40s on, one of the major voices in jazz drumming has been Max Roach, the subject of two sterling reissues and a major tribute album this season. But on no other disc can you hear Roach's first work with a percussion band, the Boston Percussion Ensemble, a foreshadowing of M'Boom, his percussion band of the past two decades. http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/music/reviews/11-10-95/roach.html   (683 words)      Max Roach Regardless of evolving drumming styles, Max Roach will forever be remembered as the man who brought lyricism to the drumset. Roach continued to make ambitious albums with the likes of Gillespie, Mingus, Archie,, Shepp and Duke Ellington. And that's just what Max did, elevating the drummer to the level of other musicians by demonstrating musicality and melodic soloing on the drum kit. http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mehrmann/roach.html   (308 words)      The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions (#201) Max not only structures his solos musically, but arranges the band beautifully. Roach began taking longer solos, and innovated new ideas for the other musicians to comp behind the drummer. The band Max Roach co-led with trumpeter Clifford Brown in the 1950s made glorious music — tuneful, spirited, diverse rhythmically and harmonically, -- cutting edge and appealing. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=201-MD-CD   (949 words)      NEA Jazz Masters MaxRoach Max Roach’s formal study of music took him to the Manhattan School of Music. Max has remained one of the leading drummers, bandleaders, and sages in jazz ever since the 40s. Through the end of the 1940s other musicians Max Roach drummed with included: Benny Carter, Stan Getz, Allen Eager, and Miles Davis, in addition to the ubiquitous Parker and Gillespie. http://www.iaje.org/bio.asp?ArtistID=55   (681 words)      Max Roach Plus Four: The Hard Bop Homepage This is the first LP Max Roach has made since death cast a gruesome shadow on his combo in the summer of 1956. This is a twin-track recording in which Max is heard on tympani as well as drums; a unique performance that's as dramatic as a blast from a shotgun. The twin blows were not easy to sustain either on a musical or a personal level. http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/roachplus.html   (757 words)      Jazzscript.co.uk - MAX ROACH : LIFELINE Roach leads his own groups, and becomes a partner with Charles Mingus in Debut Records, which records the celebrated Massey Hall concert in 1953. Gospel music is an early influence; he receives a drum kit when twelve and later he studies composition and music theory at the Manhatten School of Music. He makes some seminal bebop recordings from 1947 to 1949 as a member of Parker's group. http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/life/roachlife.htm   (416 words)      Max Roach Max Roach is hailed as the world's greatest trap drummer, but that is only one of his musical feats. Roach has also composed a tremendous body of music, maintained a teaching career, and continues to act as an impresario in developing new music ensebles. His career serves as a timeline that traces the rise of American music as the dominant musical force of the 20th century. http://www.weinmanntours.ch/current/artists/max_roach/max-roach.html   (489 words)      jazzbrat.com - Max Roach Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite", a political, moving album that featured vocals by Lincoln. Max Roach is not just a drummer that keeps time. He is a drummer that can create a song with a beginning, middle, and end, with an instrument that most people thought served the sole purpose of keeping the band together. http://www.jazzbrat.com/templates/jpage.php?u_pageid=24   (497 words)      Research page It follows Roach from his start in gospel bands all the way through to his late recordings, which are quintessential components of the genre of jazz music known as bebop and later hard bop. The first time I heard Roach play was on his CD, Max Roach with the New Orchestra of Boston and the So What Brass Quintet. One of those is that in 1981, a New York City radio station broadcast 200 consecutive hours of Roach’s music in chronological order. http://www.unc.edu/~ruppe/research.html   (954 words)      Jazz News: Freedom Now And Then: The Music Of Max Roach Roach has collaborated with such diverse artists as Alvin Ailey, Sam Shepard, Dizzy Gillespie, the Boston Pops and John Williams, Charlie Parker, Cecil Taylor, and the Kodo drummers of Japan. Roach performed and recorded this seven-part suite dealing with African-American history, slavery and racism at a time when the civil rights movement was reaching its peak. Roach is a rare and unclassifiable treasure of American music. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=1842   (1188 words)      Plus Four by Max Roach CD This said, MAX ROACH PLUS FOUR is a wonderful record that attempts to pick up the musical pieces in the wake of Brown and Powell's death. PLUS FOUR is the first album Max Roach made after Clifford Brown and Richie Powell's death cast a gruesome shadow over his career in the summer of 1956. The trumpeter and pianist respectively had become an integral part of Roach's musical and personal life, and the car crash that took their lives threatened to interfere with the drummer's own career. http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1177075/a/Plus+Four.htm   (325 words)      Max Roach The album's other track, "Ghost Dance," performed by Roach and a jazz brass quintet, features more focused writing and marvelous solos from Bridgewater and trombonist Steve Turre; it's good enough to have earned a whole album by the group in the near future. Although the music is highly rhythmic, the orchestra isn't asked to swing like a jazz band; the contrasts with Roach's playing are its great strength. Brown, also a riveting soloist, gets a rich, cello-like tone on the upright electric bass; his fleet, lyrical solo on "Chattahoochee" earned the set's biggest applause. http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/music/reviews/08-01-96/REX/MAX_ROACH.html   (622 words)      Max Roach, Jazz Drummer, Arnie Lawrence, Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israeli Jazz Max Roach, among the world's greatest drummers, burst on the jazz scene in the 1940s. In 1953, Roach shared the stage with musical titans Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Charles Mingus in the legendary Massey Hall Concert held in Toronto. In July, drummer Max Roach performed with alto saxophonist Arnie Lawrence at the Jerusalem Theater before an enthusiastic sell-out crowd. http://www.bluesforpeace.com/down-beat.htm   (283 words)      Kidd Jordan + Max Roach : Features : One Final Note Roach ended the concert giving another solo drum clinic and brought the audience into the performance with a patterned three-line sequence that encouraged a two-beat clapping response. They played as their opener the strenuous composition "It's Time." Breaking out at a fast pace is a well-known trait of any Roach band, and his finely tuned quartet met the challenge. The most heartwarming part of the event was the admiration the crowd showed to this true superstar of the music world. http://www.onefinalnote.com/features/2001/jazzfest   (867 words)      TigerBill's DrumBeat Community Forums: max roach Hey Tainted, Max Roach has been around so long (I did a book report on him when I was in elementary school 30 years ago) and played on so many records, it would be impossible to narrow the song ID down with such a wide description. The thing that helps is that the music was on CD (most of his stuff is probably on wax) check out Roach versus Rich (on CD) or logon to eBay and do a search (Max Roach CD) just to see what available and to get some descriptions. in jazz band 2day someone put on a cd with max roach drumming on it.. http://www.tigerbill.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000488;p=0   (407 words)      Dan Miller Jazz: Booker Little "His Life and Music" Roach's next quintet album Award Winning Drummer (November 25, 1958--Time) has the group doing a wonderful reading of Old Folks as well as Little's Gandolfo's Bounce. This album was Max's first experiment with the piano-less format, which would become the platform for the Little/Coleman groups. After leaving Max Roach's group, Booker free-lanced around New York and recorded four albums. http://www.danmillerjazz.com/booker.html   (3856 words)      NPR : Max Roach: 'Clifford Brown and Max Roach' It was originally released as an LP in 1954 and you can get the CD on the Verve label. HORWITZ: One of my favorite melodies in all of jazz is a Clifford Brown melody, "Joy Spring," which is on this record. SPELLMAN: Max also has the same kind of musical quality to his playing. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4182274&sourceCode=RSS   (732 words)      ROACH, Max : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music solo 'For Big Sid', title track; Sounds As A Roach '68 on Lotus made in Oslo with Lincoln and Steve Lacy. ROACH, Max : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music Members Don't Git Weary '68 on Atlantic with quintet and Andy Bey vocals; Lift Every Voice And Sing '71 with 22-voice J. White Singers on Atlantic, dedicated to Paul Robeson, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers (civil- rights lawyer/activist murdered in Mississippi), Patrice Lumumba (murdered in Africa) etc; also performed at Newport that year. http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/r/R97.HTM   (509 words)      MAX ROACH [Archive] - DRUMMERWORLD OFFICIAL DISCUSSION FORUM Max Roach is the original hard bop drummer. Max's work with Ellington and Mingus is a milestone in American music. Kenny Clarke may have been the founder of modern jazz drumming, but Max Roach was the first one to really play some hip stuff and influence a new generation of drummers such as Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins and Paul Motian. http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-1941.html   (1173 words)      Ink 19 :: Ravi Coltrane Max Roach & Clark Terry Economy has always been Roach's hallmark, and the longest track is the eight-minute "Makin' Whoopee," in which all four musicians share solo time. Back to Terry and Roach for "Brushes and Brass" -- simple in title but not in performance -- and then on to the Terry vehicle "Simple Waltz." One reviewer noted that Roach's percussion is conspicuously absent on "I Remember Clifford," the following track, because he found the memories too painful. By recording with the two groups (they share the capable drummer Steve Haas), he shrewdly demonstrates the consistency that his leadership can bring while preserving the subtle shades of difference between unique sets of musicians. http://www.ink19.com/issues/july2003/musicReviews/musicC/raviColtraneMax.html   (831 words)      Buddy Rich & Max Roach - Rich Versus Roach - Verve Records Packed with swingin’ hits like “Big Foot” where Rich and Roach dramatically break up four 12-bar choruses and “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” featuring the harmonic talent of Bobby Boswell, this classic feature will be sure to double your listening pleasure. The real battle began on “Figure Eights” as Buddy and Max went back to their drums performing three choruses of alternate eight-bar solos without the assistance of their bands. It’s a battle of the bands and two of the greatest drummers in jazz are duking it out on their collaborative CD, “Rich versus Roach”.  Buddy Rich and Max Roach pulled no punches in this friendly but fierce competition. http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=disc&src=art&pid=10479   (297 words)      Review: Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach, Money Jungle Nick Lewis: The Blog For the individual players, the album's highlights are "a little max"[listen wma] for the drummer Max Roach, "switchblade"[listen wma]" for the bassist Charles Mingus, and of course "solitude"[listen in wma] for the Duke. Before I blab on, take a quick listen to a full track, Very Special [listen in mp3] If you are a jazz fan, you're probably already sold by mere account of the album's lineup. http://www.nicklewis.org/music/jazz/review-duke-ellington-charles-mingus-max-roach-money-jungle   (275 words)      Jazz CDs JAN 02 - AUDIOPHILE AUDITION The final act of Roach's tenure with the company was played out in Paris while on tour in a set that looks to the future as an album with thematic unity, an approach that he would continue to develop and refine. First up is seven discs of Max Roach music originally recorded for EmArCy and Mercury and scattered across ten different Lps. Over the course of a few years, the music that Roach and his bands would record for Mercury grew more commercial, leading to oddities like the collaboration with the Buddy Rich Five, a stereo drumming date arranged and conducted by Gigi Gryce, and the all-ballad Moon-Faced And Starry-Eyed date, without even a single drum solo. http://www.audaud.com/audaud/JAN02/JAZZ/jazzJAN02.html   (1547 words)      Max Roach - Driva'man - Last.fm Of all 1,423 people that have listened to songs by Max Roach, this represents 0.7%. 10 people have listened to Driva'man by Max Roach. This track isn't available on Last.fm radio yet. http://www.last.fm/music/Max+Roach/_/Driva'man   (63 words)      Amazon.ca: Rich Versus Roach: Music I cannot argue with that other than to say that this CD is a perfect example of both men's styles. Rich exhudes flash and fireworks, and Roach embraces subtlety and a carefully placed silence. The debate over who was the better drummer will never be solved, but at least we can hear these two jazz giants battle it out, knowing that they were loving every minute of it. http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000046Y8   (301 words)      eBay - Max Reviews The performances on this track alone prove that Roach's band was the equal of any hard-bop group in the world. The quintet heard here served as Roach's musical springboard after Brown's untimely death in 1956. Highlights include the fast and furious Dorham original "Speculate" and the lush ballad "That Ole Devil Love." On the former, Roach takes an absolutely blazing drum solo-which ends curiously with the sound of a tape splice. http://search.reviews.ebay.com/Max_UPC_0011105182522_W0QQfvcsZ1277QQsoprZ3949341QQupvrZ2   (264 words)      Max Roach Max Roach was not the first bebop drummer (Kenny Clarke was), but he was the most influential bebop drummer. In the early 70s, he recorded with an experimental percussion ensemble called M'Boom Re, which made a point of utilizing Third World percussion instruments. Roach turned attention to politics in the early 60s and recorded his We Insist--Freedom Now! http://airjudden.tripod.com/jazz/maxroach.html   (391 words)      Just Jazz CD Picks - Max Roach Personnel: Max Roach and Buddy Rich (drums); Buddy Rich's Band: Phil Woods (alto sax), Willie Dennis (trombone), John Bunch (piano), Phil Leshin (bass); Max Roach's Band: Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Julian Priester (trombone), and Bobby Boswell (bass). Very young when he started in Charlie Parker's band, Max's career has spanned five decades and has influenced every single drummer that's come after him. CD Picks II Guide To Choosing A Band http://www.justjazznyc.com/cdpicks-musicians/roach.htm   (347 words)      Amazon.co.uk: Money Jungle: Music Although this excellent album is listed as a Duke Ellington, equal billing should be given to the participation of Charles Mingus and Max Roach. The remastered CD is outstanding, having been cleaned up from the original master tape. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000691U1   (329 words)      Max Roach News And speaking of musical recommendations, I found Geoffrey Hayden's Quintet of the Year on the remainder table yesterday at Obnoxious Large Canadian Chain Bookstore: a 300-page account of the 1957 jazz concert... Those bemoaning the lack of a new direction within the jazz mainstream generally find freshness in its musical mixture with Latin rhythms. As a child, Daryl Roach loved all the drama and commotion when his family headed south to his father's rural birthplace. http://www.topix.net/who/max-roach   (618 words)      The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions (#201) (L) Max Roach Five: Tommy Turrentine (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Bob Boswell (bass); Buddy Rich Five: Willie Dennis (trombone); Phil Woods (alto saxophone); John Bunch (piano); Phil Leshin (bass); Rich (drums); Gigi Gryce (arranger, conductor). EmArcy SR80019 Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker Note: The first chorus of Roach's drum exchanges with the band was edited out of the mono issue of this performance. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/discography.asp?number=201-MD-CD   (1097 words)      BBC - Radio 3 Jazz Profiles - Max Roach Some of his duo performances are masterpieces of improvisation, notably his 1989 Paris collaboration with Dizzy Gillespie and a long-lived partnership with pianist Cecil Taylor both on record and in a series of occasional concerts. After playing occasional further sessions with both Parker and Davis, in the 1950s he co-led a band with another great trumpeter, Clifford Brown - a famous quintet that came to an abrupt end with Brown and pianist Richie Powell's death in a car crash in 1956. In the 1980s Roach formed a regular group which included Odean Pope on saxophones and Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet, but in addition to continuing to appear with this, he has worked in an amazing variety of contexts from all star jazz groups to the Beijing Trio, which explores Asian-American links. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/max_roach.shtml   (308 words)      Jazz Legend Max Roach Speaks at Library of Congress Free copies of the Library of Congress jazz film series brochure, detailing films in this series, can be ordered by calling the Music Division's concert line at (202) 707-5502 and leaving your name and address. The Library of Congress continues its free jazz film and lecture series on Nov. 14 when drummer and composer Max Roach comes to the Library to discuss his life, work, and his music on film. Roach's social activism, his teaching position at the University of Massachusetts, and the contemporary performances of both his percussion ensemble M'Boom and his double quartet attest to the continuing significance of his contributions to modern jazz. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/1995/95-143.html   (337 words)      Clifford Brown and Max Roach Here they are pictured at the Basin Street club in New York where they recorded some of their best music. Clifford Brown and Max Roach were the foundation of one of the most celebrated quintets of the 1950's, playing together until Brown's tragic death in 1956. http://www.dcjazz.com/photo/cliffordmax.htm   (46 words)      Max Roach @ The Jazz Files The Best of Max Roach and Clifford Brown in Concert Max Roach was one of the group of musicians that established bebop as the dominant force in Jazz music in the mid 40s. By the early 40s he was sitting in at Monroe's Uptown House and Minton's Playhouse, as one of the musicians who helped to invent bop. http://www.thejazzfiles.com/JazzRoach.html   (297 words)      Money Jungle [Expanded] by Duke Ellington/Charlie Mingus/Max Roach Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. All Music Guide is a registered Trademark of AEC One Stop Group, Inc. Tag all your own MP3 files with album covers easily with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! Duke Ellington surprised the jazz world in 1962 with his historic trio session featuring Charles Mingus and Max Roach http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1358764   (267 words)      Street Knowledge: Conscious Music Blog » Max Roach If you would like to send music, say hello or suggest music, please get in touch. Jazz drummer Max Roach spent most of his career presenting the Civil Rights Movement in his music. Street Knowledge: Conscious Music Blog » Max Roach http://www.streetknowledge.net/archives/60   (177 words)      Jazz: Max Roach Historic Concerts: Max Roach and Cecil Taylor (p) Harold Land, Hank Mobley, Paul Quinichette, Sonny Rollins (ts); Danny Bank (bs); Herbie Mann (f); Ray Bryant, Jimmy Jones, Richie Powell (p); Barry Galbraith (g); Joe Benjamin, Milt Hinton, George Morrow (b); Roy Haynes, Osie Johnson, Max Roach (d); Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan (v); strings; 8/54-1/56 Clifford Brown (t)/Max Roach: Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years http://www.counterpoint-music.com/Catalogues/Jazz/jazz.r/max   (184 words)      Max Roach: SURVIVORS Donald Bauch, violin · Guillermo Figueroa, violin · Christopher Finckel, cello · Max Roach, drums · Louise Schulman, viola Survivors · The Third Eye · Billy the Kid · JasMe · The Drum Also Waltzes · Sassy Max (Self Portrait) · The Smoke That Thunders http://www.omnitone.com/store/121093.htm   (61 words)      Blue Note Records This is not a very significant set but, musically, it is advanced. This CD reissue features trumpeter Booker Little at the beginning of his tragically brief career. The group is very together despite Roach's busy Drum-work. http://www.bluenote.com/detail.asp?SelectionID=9628   (207 words)      Max Roach - Speaks To When Steel Talks What is your name of your band or favorite band? Click on link to see more live performances Click on link to hear more live interviews http://www.panonthenet.com/spotlight/maxroach   (128 words)      daddyOProductions.com: Max Roach Max is one of the most musical drummers as far as outlining the form that there is. Has been described as "The Painter". And I got a tour of the plant (which they currently do not offer due to risk factors since it is a metal shop) and it was amazing. There is "the room" that houses all the cream-of-the-crop cymbals that people like Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Elvin, Roy Haynes, on-and-on got to pick cymbals from. http://russ.bloggage.com/archives/2003/11/max_roach.html   (209 words)      Rolling Stone : Max Roach : Discography Vote for your favorite Rolling Stone 'Hot' Cover! Home : artists : Max Roach : Discography See all available RSS feeds / learn more http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/maxroach/discography   (83 words)      Max Roach Jazz Videos This 30 minute video featuring legendary jazz percussionis t and composer, Max Roach, is an exciting and fun explorati on for children and adults alike into the world of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music, dance and theatre. http://www.fattvideos.com/videos_and_dvds_by/27275/Jazz/MAX_ROACH   (45 words)      Max Roach - Search Results - MSN Encarta Roach, Max, born in 1924, American percussionist and composer, one of the most influential and widely respected drummers in the history of jazz... Cockroach, common name for an order of insects, the most familiar of which are characterized by their oval shape, foul odor, and their status as... It grows to about 38 cm (about 15 in); the body generally has a silvery appearance,... http://ca.encarta.msn.com/Max_Roach.html   (120 words)

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