Max Roach
Pioneering percussionist, composer, band leader, and drummer Max Roach was born on this day in 1924. Born Maxwell Lemuel “Max” Roach in North Carolina to parents Alphonse and Cressie, he worked with dozens of jazz greats, including Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and countless others. Although Roach once told radio host Phil […]
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