Drum legend Max Roach dies age 83
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Drummer, composer and bandleader Max Roach died peacefully in hospital at 1am today, Thursday 16 August, surrounded by members of his family. Max was one of the last living greats from the earliest days of bebop where, as the house drummer at Monroe’s Uptown House in 1942, and at Minton’s Playhouse, he first played with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He went on to play with Parker’s Quintet from 1947 until 1949 and contributed to Miles Davis first breakthrough album, Birth Of The Cool, recorded during 1949-50.
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