Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) 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.
In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom.
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Acting
TV
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Gordon Darton
1984
Movie
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Movie
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
2021
Movie
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Movie
Jazz on a Summer's Day
as Self
1960
TV
Great Performances
as Self
1971
TV
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020
TV
Behind the Scenes
1992
Movie
Åke Hasselgård story
1983
Movie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self (archival footage)
2023
Movie
Umbria Jazz Story
as himself
1993
Movie
Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
as Self
1981
Movie
Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival
as Themself
2014
Movie
Dizzy's Dream Band
as Self
1982
Movie
Max Roach Double Quartet Stuttgart 1990
as Self
