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Max Roach

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Aliases
The Max Roach 4
Max Roach + 4
Max Roach Double Quartet
Max Roach Plus Four
Max Roach Quartet
Max Roach Quintet
Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Real name
Maxwell Lemuel Roach
Born
January 10, 1924
Died
August 16, 2007
Country
United States
IPI
00026211818 3 works
00026211916 4 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
A pioneer of bebop and legendary drummer, Roach was also a composer. Roach was active in the struggle for African American civil rights.
Member of
The Metronome All Stars [US] 1950-53
The Paris All-Stars Drums
The Capitol International Jazzmen Drums (1945-1946)
The Ellingtonians
Related
Abbey Lincoln Spouse (1962-1970)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i All the Things You Are Quintet 1953 Unverified
i September 21, 1984 The Be Bop Boys
i 1958 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
i   1959 Charlie Parker [US1] REC, Curtis Counce REL
i 1958 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i   1958 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i 1957 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1985 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
i 2002 Bing Crosby
i 1979 Billy Harper Quintet
i February 1963 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1955 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i   1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 1958 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i   1955 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i Delilah Clifford Brown & Max Roach 1955 Unverified
i 1957 Lee Konitz Sextet
i 2002 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
i 1981 John Coltrane
i 1983 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i 1985 Randy Weston
i Hot House Quintet 1953 Unverified
  1960 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
i 1955 Bing Crosby
i   1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Lawrence REL, Rex Weber PRF
i 1983 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Tad Dameron
i   1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
i   August 1956 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   1955 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
i 1957 Grace Moore
i 1981 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i 2002 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i 1955 Duke Jordan Trio
1971 Harrod's Jubilee Singers
i 1955 The Clifford Brown Ensemble
i   1957 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i 1958 Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys
i 2002 Thelonious Monk
i November 1968 Gary Bartz Quintet
i 1959 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i   1959 Kenny Dorham Quartet REL, Sonny Rollins REC
i   1958 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   August 1956 Don Cornell REC,REL, (unknown performer) PRF
i 1957 Jeanette MacDonald
i 1980 Catalyst
i   2002 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i 1959 Miles Davis All Stars
i 1960 Danny Daniels & Sheila Bond
i   1959 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1971 (unknown)
i 1960 Peter Palmer, Edith Adams
i 1960 Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle
i 1958 Dizzy Gillespie
i Night In Tunisia Quintet 1953 Unverified
i 1955 Bud Powell
i 1958 Charlie Parker All Stars
i Perdido Quintet 1953 Unverified
i Prince Albert Max Roach Quintet 1949 Unverified
i 1981 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1989 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1983 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1989 Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet
i Salt Peanuts Quintet 1953 Unverified
i 1959 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
i February 1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1980 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i Sophisticated Lady Max Roach 1979 Unverified
i   1960 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i November 1966 Prince's Band
i 1955 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i 1983 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i 1959 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1958 Count Basie and His Orchestra
1961 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Anna Meyers and Original Memphis Five
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1959 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC
i 1957 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 2002 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i 1976 Clifford Brown and Max Roach
i   1959 Al Jolson PRF,REC
i 1983 Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet
i 1958 Miles Davis Quartet
i 1957 Sonny Rollins
i 1958 Kenny Dorham
i 1953 Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i 1981 Manhattan Blaze
1971 (unknown)
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i August 1956 Elsie Carlisle
i 2002 Victor Young
i   1960 Johnny Mathis PRF, Johnny Mathis with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra REL
i 1957 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i 1961 Bing Crosby
i 1958 Charlie Parker Septet
i   1959 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1960 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)