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
mirrors gone should
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction.
hero thinking style
I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the styles from one period to the other.
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,