The word pioneer is so overused, but Max Roach deserves this title when discussing any part of the Bebop Genre, after all he changed the way Drums where played forever. Please take a listen here and have a dreamy Saturday: Solitude (with Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus) , Fleurette Africaine/ African Flower (with Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus) ,and The Drum also Waltzes
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Roach
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Maxwell Lemuel Roach |
| Born | January 10, 1924 Newland, North Carolina, United States |
| Died | August 16, 2007 (aged 83) Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Drummer, percussion,composer, educator, civil rights activist |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1944–2002 |
| Labels | Capital, Impulse! |
| Associated acts | M'Boom, Coleman Hawkins,Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Booker Little, Clifford Brown, Sonny Stitt, Billy Eckstine, Bud Powell, Stan Getz |
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