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Max Roach
Born: January 10th, 19
24 - August 16th, 2007
Selected Discography
Year
Title
Artist
1945
Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945
Charlie Parker & Dizzie Gillespie
1956
Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins
2003
A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948
Charlie Parker
1962
Money Jungle
Ellington, Mingus & Roach
1949
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
Bud Powell
1960
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Max Roach
1949
The Complete Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis
1962
It's Time
Max Roach
1954
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1949
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson
Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell & J.J. Johnson
1953
Jazz at Massey Hall
The Quintet
1955
Study in Brown
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1994
Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich
Max Roach on 2 Tracks w/ Various Artists
1952
The Best of the Blue Note Years
Thelonious Monk
1954
Brown and Roach, Inc.
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1959
Rich Versus Roach
Buddy Rich & Max Roach
1956
Jazz in 3/4 Time
Max Roach
1951
Confirmation: The Best of the Verve Years
Charlie Parker
1961
Percussion Bitter Sweet
Max Roach
1952
Trios
George Wallington
1990
To the Max
Max Roach
1956
The Last Concert
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1945
Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings
Charlie Parker
1956
At Basin Street
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1960
Jazz Structures
Conte Candoli & Max Roach
1954
The Historic California Concerts 1954
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1945
The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Charlie Parker
1966
The Max Roach Trio, Featuring the Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited
Max Roach
1968
Members, Don't Git Weary
Max Roach
1956
Sonny Rollins Plus Four
Sonny Rollins
1995
Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1958
Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
Booker Little
Selected DVDs
Year
Title
Artist
2000
In Concert & In Session (VHS)
Max Roach
1982
Dizzy's Dream Band
Dizzy Gillespie
2006
The Making of Burning for Buddy
Various Drummers
2001
The Last of the Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
Various Artists
1997
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (VHS)
Various Artists
1992
Jazz in America: Max Roach (VHS)
Max Roach
1992
You Gotta Pay the Band (VHS)
Abbey Lincoln
Selected Books
Year
Title
2001
Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker
1999
The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
1995
Star Sets: Drum Kits of the Great Drummers
1998
The Drummer's Time
1994
The Art of Bop Drumming
1992
The Great Jazz Drummers
2001
The Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide
1995
Gretsch Drums: The Legacy of That Great Gretsch Sound
2000
Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65
1996
Bebop: The Music and Its Players
2002
Drummin' Men--The Heartbeat of Jazz: The Bebop Years
2006
Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie
More Selected CDs
Year
Title
Artist
1958
Deeds, Not Words
Max Roach
1955
More Live at the Bee Hive
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1999
Beijing Trio
Beijing Trio
1944
Rainbow Mist
Coleman Hawkins
1962
Speak, Brother, Speak!
Max Roach Quartet
2002
Friendship
Clark Terry & Max Roach
1954
The Best of Max Roach and Clifford Brown in Concert
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1957
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
Max Roach
1999
Different Drummers
Art Blakey & Max Roach
1979
M'Boom
Max Roach
1956
Max Roach + 4
Max Roach
1971
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Max Roach
1945
Jazz Encounters
Nat King Cole
1945
Opus De Bop
Stan Getz
1984
Survivors
Max Roach
1958
Max
Max Roach
Max Roach's Drum Equipment:
Buy Gretsch Drums
1982 Setup:
1. 6.5"x14" Snare
2. 8"x12" Tom
3. 9"x13" Tom
4. 16"x16" Floor Tom
5. 14"x22" Bass Drum
Buy Zildjian Cymbals & Sticks
Current Setup:
A. 14" New Beat HiHats
B. 17" Medium Thin Crash
C. 20" Medium Ride
D. 18" Medium Ride
1982 Setup:
A. 14" Band Cymbal on Bottom & 13" Medium Hi-Hat Top Cymbal
B. 17" Medium Crash
C. 19" Pang
D. 18" Medium Crash