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Max Roach
Born 1924-01-10 · Newland, North Carolina, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Roach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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7.7Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
7.6During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
7.1Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics. This documentary celebrates his life via rare behind-the-scenes footage and the testimonies of his closest friends and family.
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
7.4Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960
NRThe Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip hop and beyond.
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
NR"Recorded Live: 8/16/1992 - Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, RI)"
Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival
2014
Max Roach and his double quartet live from Stuttgart, West Germany in 1990.
Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990
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All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.
Dizzy's Dream Band
1982
NRThis 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer Max Roach and his band.
Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
1981
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Umbria Jazz Story
1993
7.0Hasselgård died in a car accident 75 years ago, aged just 26, he became a legend like so many other young dead in jazz history. The clarinetist Åke Stan Hasselgård managed to play with many of the greats both in Sweden and in the USA.
Åke Hasselgård story
1983