# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-roach
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:00:07.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-roach"
name: "Max Roach"
slug: "max-roach"
description: "Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, Benny Carter, and Booker Little. He also played with his daughter Maxine Roach, a Grammy-nominated violist. He was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992."
tagline: "American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max_Roach%2C_Three_Deuces%2C_ca._1947.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-01-10"
deathDate: "2007-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump