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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Death of a Prophet
    Death of a Prophet1981

Known For

  • Åke Hasselgård story
    Åke Hasselgård story1983

Filmography

2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat · as Self (archive Footage)
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · as Self (archival Footage)
2022
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
2008
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Honoree
1997
1979
1975
Arena (1975) · as Self
1971
1969
Sesame Street · as Self
1968
Soul! · as SelfOn Plex
1967
Omnibus (1967) · as Self
1962
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