Max Roach

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Max Roach was a pioneering American jazz drummer and composer, renowned as a key architect of bebop and modern jazz rhythm.

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instanceOf bandleader
composer
drummer
educator
human
jazz musician
associatedAct Abbey Lincoln
Bud Powell
Charles Mingus
Charlie Parker
Clifford Brown
Coleman Hawkins
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship
NEA Jazz Masters Award
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
causeOfDeath complications of dementia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1924-01-10
dateOfDeath 2007-08-16
employer University of Massachusetts Amherst
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Roach
fullName Maxwell Lemuel Roach
gender male
genre avant-garde jazz
bebop
hard bop
jazz
givenName Maxwell
instrument drum set
movement bebop
American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement
notableAchievement key architect of bebop rhythm
pioneered modern jazz drumming techniques
notableWork Deeds, Not Words
Jazz in 3/4 Time
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occupation bandleader
composer
drummer
music educator
placeOfBirth Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld professor of music at University of Massachusetts Amherst
residence Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States

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