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Max Roach, considered one of the most important drummers in the history of jazz, was born on this date 1924. Born Maxwell Lemuel Roach in Newland, North Carolina, his family moved to Brooklyn, when he was 4 years old. A player piano left by the previous NY tenants gave Roach his musical introduction and he started to play bugle in parade orchestras at a young age. His mother was a gospel singer, which led to Roach, at 10, to play drums in some gospel bands. Roach performed his first big-time gig in New York City at the age of 16, substituting for Sonny Greer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In 1942, Roach started to go out in the jazz clubs of the 52nd Street and at 78th Street & Broadway for Georgie Jays Taproom (playing with schoolmate Cecil Payne). He was one of the first drummers (along with Kenny Clarke) to play in the bebop style, and performed in bands led by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. Roach played on many of Parkers most important records, including the Savoy 1945 session. He continued to play as a freelancer while studying composition at the Manhattan School of Music, where he graduated in 1952. Roachs most significant innovations came in the 1940s, when he and jazz drummer Kenny Clarke devised a new concept of musical time. By playing the beat-by-beat pulse of standard 4/4 time on the ride cymbal instead of on the thudding bass drum, Roach and Clarke developed a flexible, flowing rhythmic pattern that allowed soloists to play freely. The new approach also left space for the drummer to insert dramatic accents on the snare drum, crash cymbal and other components of the trap set. By matching his rhythmic attack with a tunes melody, Roach brought a newfound subtlety of expression to his instrument. He often shifted the dynamic emphasis from one part of his drum kit to another within a single phrase, creating a sense of tonal color and rhythmic surprise. Roach was one of the first drummers (along with Clarke) to play in the bebop style. He plays below.

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