Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach (ngày 10 tháng 1 năm 1924 – ngày 16 tháng 8 năm 2007) là một nhà soạn nhạc, tay trống và nhạc cụ gõ nhạc jazz.

Là một nghệ sĩ tiên phong cho bebop, Roach cũng thực hiện nhiều thể loại nhạc khác, và thường được xem là một trong số các tay trống quan trọng nhất trong lịch sử âm nhạc. Ông làm việc với nhiều nghệ sĩ nhạc jazz nổi tiếng, gồm Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy và Booker Little. Ông được vinh danh trong Down Beat Hall of Fame năm 1980 và Modern Drummer Hall of Fame năm 1992.

Đĩa nhạc

Dưới vai trò chỉ huy
 1953: The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (Debut)
 1956: Max Roach + 4 (EmArcy)
 1957: Jazz in ¾ Time (EmArcy)
 1957: The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (EmArcy)
 1958: MAX (Argo)
 1958: Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (Mercury)
 1958: Max Roach/Art Blakey (with Art Blakey)
 1958: Max Roach + 4 at Newport (EmArcy)
 1958: Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (EmArcy)
 1958: Deeds, Not Words (Riverside) - also released as Conversation
 1958: Award-Winning Drummer (Time) - also released as Max Roach
 1958: Max Roach/Bud Shank - Sessions – with Bud Shank
 1958: The Defiant Ones - cùng Booker Little
 1959: The Many Sides of Max (Mercury)
 1959: Rich Versus Roach (Mercury) - cùng Buddy Rich
 1959: Quiet as It's Kept (Mercury)
 1959: Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (Mercury) - cùng Abbey Lincoln
 1959: Max Roach (Time) – with Booker Little
 1960: Long as You're Living (Enja) - phát hành 1984
 1960: Parisian Sketches (Mercury)
 1960: We Insist! (Candid)
 1961: Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse!) - cùng Mal Waldron
 1962: It's Time (Impulse!) - cùng Mal Waldron
 1962: Speak, Brother, Speak! (Fantasy)
 1964: The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (Atlantic) - cùng Hasaan Ibn Ali
 1966: Drums Unlimited (Atlantic) 
 1968: Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic)
 1971: Lift Every Voice and Sing (Atlantic) - cùng the J.C. White Singers
 1976: Force: Sweet Mao-Suid Afrika '76 (duo with Archie Shepp)
 1976: Nommo (Victor)
 1977: Max Roach Quartet Live in Tokyo (Denon)	
 1977: The Loadstar (Horo)
 1977: Max Roach Quartet Live In Amsterdam - It's Time (Baystate)
 1977: Solos (Baystate)	
 1977: Streams of Consciousness (Baystate) - cùng Dollar Brand	
 1978: Confirmation (Fluid Records)
 1978: Birth and Rebirth - cùng Anthony Braxton (Black Saint)
 1979: The Long March - cùng Archie Shepp (Hathut)	
 1979: Historic Concerts - cùng Cecil Taylor (Black Saint)
 1979: One in Two - Two in One - cùng Anthony Braxton (Hathut)
 1979: Pictures in a Frame (Soul Note)
 1980: Chattahoochee Red (Columbia)
 1982: Swish - duo with Connie Crothers (New Artists)
 1982: In the Light (Soul Note)
 1983: Live at Vielharmonie (Soul Note)
 1984: Scott Free (Soul Note)
 1984: It's Christmas Again (Soul Note)
 1984: Survivors (Soul Note)
 1985: Easy Winners (Soul Note)
 1986: Bright Moments (Soul Note)
 1989: Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 - cùng Dizzy Gillespie (A&M)	
 1989: Homage to Charlie Parker (A&M)	
 1991: To the Max! (Enja)
 1995: Max Roach With The New Orchestra Of Boston And The So What Brass Quintet (Blue Note)	
 1999: Beijing Trio (Asian Improv)
 2002: Friendship - (with Clark Terry) (Columbia)

Co-leader
Cùng Clifford Brown
 1954: Best Coast Jazz (Emarcy)
 1954: Clifford Brown All Stars (Emarcy, [released 1956])
 1954: Jam Session (EmArcy, 1954) - with Maynard Ferguson và Clark Terry
 1954: Brown and Roach Incorporated (EmArcy)
 1954: Daahoud (Mainstream) - released 1973
 1955: Clifford Brown with Strings (EmArcy)
 1954-55: Clifford Brown and Max Roach (EmArcy)
 1955: Study in Brown (EmArcy)
 1954: More Study in Brown
 1956: Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy)
 1979: Live at the Bee Hive (Columbia Records)
Cùng M'Boom
 1973: Re: Percussion (Strata-East Records)
 1979: M'Boom (Columbia)
 1984: Collage (Soul Note)
 1992: Live at S.O.B.'s New York (Blue Moon Records)

Dưới vai trò sideman
Cùng Chet Baker
Witch Doctor (Contemporary, 1953 [1985])
Cùng Don Byas
Savoy Jam Party (1946)
Cùng Jimmy Cleveland
 Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955)
Cùng Al Cohn
 Cohn's Tones (1953)
Cùng Miles Davis
 Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949)
 Conception (Prestige, 1951)
Cùng John Dennis
 New Piano Expressions (1955)
Cùng Kenny Dorham
 Jazz Contrasts (Riverside, 1957)
Cùng Billy Eckstine
 The Metronome All Stars (1953)
Cùng Duke Ellington
 Paris Blues (United Artists, 1961)
 Money Jungle (United Artists, 1962) - with Charles Mingus
Cùng Maynard Ferguson
Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson (EmArcy, 1954)
Cùng Dizzy Gillespie 
 Diz and Getz (Verve, 1953) - with Stan Getz
 The Bop Session (Sonet, 1975) - with Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Hank Jones và Percy HeathCùng Stan GetzOpus BeBop (1946)Cùng Benny Golson The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1957)Cùng Johnny Griffin Introducing Johnny Griffin (Blue Note, 1956)Cùng Slide HamptonDrum Suite (Epic, 1962)Cùng Coleman Hawkins
Rainbow Mist (1944) 
Coleman Hawkins and His All Stars (1944)
 Body and Soul (1946)
Cùng Joe Holiday	
 Mambo Jazz (1953)
Cùng J.J. Johnson
 Mad Be Bop (1946)
 First Place (1957)
Cùng Thad Jones
 The Magnificent Thad Jones (Blue Note, 1956)
Cùng Abbey Lincoln
 That's Him! (Riverside, 1957)
 Straight Ahead (Riverside, 1961)
Cùng Booker Little
 Out Front (Candid, 1961)
Cùng Howard McGhee
The McGhee-Navarro Sextet (1950)
Cùng Gil Melle
 New Faces, New Sounds (Blue Note, 1952)
Cùng Charles Mingus
The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (Debut, 1955)
Cùng Thelonious Monk
 The Complete Genius (Blue Note, 1952)
 Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
Cùng Herbie Nichols
 Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note, 1955) 
Cùng Charlie Parker
 Town Hall, New York, ngày 22 tháng 6 năm 1945 (1945) - with Dizzy Gillespie 
 The Complete Savoy Studio Recordings (1945–48)
 Lullaby in Rhythm (1947)
 Charlie Parker on Dial (Dial, 1947)
 The Band that Never Was (1948)
 Bird on 52nd Street (1948)
 Bird at the Roost (1948)
 Charlie Parker – Complete Sessions on Verve (Verve, 1949–53)
 Charlie Parker in France (1949)
 Live at Rockland Palace (1952)
 Yardbird: DC-53 (1953)
Cùng Bud Powell
 The Bud Powell Trip (1947)
 The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note, 1951)
Cùng Sonny Rollins
 Work Time (Prestige, 1955)
 Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (Prestige, 1956)
 Tour de Force (Prestige, 1956)
 Rollins Plays for Bird (Prestige, 1956)
 Saxophone Colossus (Prestige, 1956)
 Freedom Suite (Riverside, 1958)
 Stuttgart 1963 Concert (1963)
Cùng A. K. Salim 
Pretty for the People (Savoy, 1957)
Cùng Hazel Scott
 Relaxed Piano Moods (1955)
Cùng Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (Prestige, 1956)
Cùng Stanley Turrentine
 Stan "The Man" Turrentine (Time, 1960 [1963])
Cùng Tommy Turrentine
 Tommy Turrentine (1960)
Cùng George Wallington
 The George Wallington Trip and Septet (1951)
Cùng Dinah Washington 
Dinah Jams (EmArcy, 1954)
Cùng Randy Weston
 Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
Cùng Joe Wilder
 The Music of George Gershwin: I Sing of Thee (1956)

Chú thích

Liên kết ngoài 
Max Roach 1924-2007: Thousands Pay Tribute to the Legendary Jazz Drummer, Educator, Activist 
Max Roach at the Hard Bop Homepage
Discography at Discogs
Discography and Sessionography
New York Times obituary
New York Sun Obituary 
Slate Magazine Article
Max Roach Multimedia Directory 

Sinh năm 1924
Mất năm 2007
Tay trống jazz
Nhạc sĩ Mỹ thế kỷ 20
Nghệ sĩ của Capitol Records
Người đoạt giải Grammy Thành tựu trọn đời
Giải thưởng MacArthur Fellows
Nhạc sĩ Mỹ gốc Phi