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American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924-2007)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1924 to 2007 · aged 83
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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.

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2008Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1998Paul Acket Award
1988MacArthur Fellows Program
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
NEA Jazz Masters

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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.

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United States
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2007 · aged 83
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