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Max Roach dies at 83

NEW YORK (AP) -- Max Roach, the master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations defined bebop jazz during a wide-ranging career where he collaborated with artists from Duke Ellington to rapper Fab Five Freddy, has died after a long illness. He was 83. - CNN

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 15, 2007) was a bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. He has worked with many of the greatest jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Sonny Rollins. He is widely considered to be one of the most important drummers in the history of jazz. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Roach

Max Roach-The Third Eye

Dinah Washington singing "All of Me", Max Roach, drums. Bert Stern film "Jazz On A Summer's Day" set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival

Afro Blue -University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1985. Mongo Santamaria: Conga Drums Tito Puente: Timbales, Special Guest Max Roach: Drums, Special Guest Pablo Rosario: Percussion, Timbales, Sam Furnace: Alto Sax, Baritone Sax and Flute, Tony Hinson: Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax and Flute, Eddie Allen: Trumpet, Bob Quaranta: Piano, Eddie Resto: Bass, Jose Martinez: Drum


Max Roach Clip - drum solo over Marthin L.King speech
 
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May he rest in peace.
 
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