Max Roach

About the artist

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.

Top songs

1. Lonesome Lover
2. Equipoise
3. January V
4. Freedom Day
5. Effi
6. Libra
7. Tears for Johannesburg
8. All Africa
9. Abstrutions
10. Garvey's Ghost

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