Max Roach
Actor, Composer
January 10, 1924 — August 16, 2007 (83 years)
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 Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Benny Carter, and Booker Little. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992.
In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom.
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In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · as Self (archival Footage) |
| 2022 | Charlie Parker, Bird Songs · as Self |
| 2022 | Summer of Soul · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Count Me In · as Self |
| 2021 | Black Woodstock · as Self |
| 2021 | Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell · as Self - Jazz Musician (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Grass is Greener · as Self |
| 2012 | Beware of Mr. Baker · as Self |
| 2008 | The 50th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Honoree |
| 1997 | Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz · as Self |
| 1979 | The Last of the Blue Devils · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street · as Self |
| 1968 | Soul! · as SelfOn Plex |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self |
| 1959 | Jazz on a Summer's Day · as SelfOn Plex |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show · as Dr. Gordon Darton |
| 1983 | |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones · as Max |
| 2002 | How to Draw a Bunny · as Composer |
| 1981 | Death of a Prophet · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
| 1962 | Dilemma · as Composer |
| 1964 | Black Sun · as Musician |