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Max Roach
Born: January 10th, 1924 - 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

 

 



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