Max Roach
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roachwas an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth10 January 1924
CityNewland, NC
CountryUnited States of America
men orchestra drummer
The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.
music jazz form
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty.
play skills people
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt that we are master musicians of our instruments. Now what we have to do is employ our skill to tell the dramatic story of our people and what we've been through,
although came crash people poor year
Although the crash came a year later, and although the people were poor and disenfranchised, they had a lot of pride.
running book writing
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though I run into artistic crises, they keep my life interesting.