Max Roach

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bandleader composer drummer educator human jazz musician

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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