We remember Max Roach. ‘Smart Max’

This day (August 16, 2007), in Manhattan, New York, died Max Roach, an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

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Tracklist :

1 . The Third Eye

2 . W/ Randy Weston Duo (Ii) – Well You Needn’T (1999)

3 . Live In Israel

4 . W/ Dizzy Gillespie – Manteca

5 . Big Sid / It’S Time

6 . w/ Abbey Lincoln – Driva Man (1964)

7 . Drum Solo

8 . w/ Art Blakey & Elvin Jones – Battle

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Tracklist :

January V . Freedom Day . Tears for Johannesburg . Driva’ Man . All Africa . Garvey’s Ghost . Man from South Africa . Mama . Praise for a Martyr . Tender Warriors .

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Wikipedia : This day (August 16, 2007), in Manhattan, New York, died Max Roach, an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

Max Roach : As a young man, Mr. Roach, a percussion virtuoso capable of playing at the most brutal tempos with subtlety as well as power, was among a small circle of adventurous musicians who brought about wholesale changes in jazz.

@allmusic : He and Kenny Clarke instigated a revolution in jazz drumming that persisted for decades; instead of the swing approach of spelling out the pulse with the bass drum, Roach shifted the emphasis to the ride cymbal.

@last.fm : In 1954, he formed a quintet featuring trumpeter Clifford Brown, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell (brother of Bud Powell), and bassist George Morrow, though Land left the following year and Sonny Rollins replaced him.

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