In the collection
6 records
Played with
Charles Mingus
2 records together
Willie Jones
2 records together
Mal Waldron
2 records together
George Barrow
2 records together
Eddie Bert
2 records together
Tadd Dameron
2 records together
Don Raye
2 records together
Gene DePaul
2 records together
Kenny Dorham
2 records together
Tommy Flanagan
2 records together
Sonny Rollins
1 record together
Stanley Turrentine
1 record together
About
American jazz drummer and bandleader. One of the pioneers of bebop.
Born: 10 January 1924 in Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, USA.
Died: 16 August 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (aged 83).
Married several times, a.o. to singer between 1962 and 1970.
Survived by 5 children, a.o. Raoul Roach and viola player . Godfather of .
Roach was one of the most accomplished jazz drummers and percussionists of his time. He worked with many of the greatest jazz musicians, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, , Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and . Taught at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) between 1972 and the mid-1990s. Pioneering all his life, he was also a pioneer of Afro American awareness and an important figure in the black civil rights movement.
From Discogs.