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Max Roach

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All Time

of 149,987

2,595
Decades
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  118
- 1960s
  
  of 432
  
  295
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  0
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  0
- 2000s
  
  of 10,556
  
  0
Genres
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  904
- Pop
  
  of 13,659
  
  3,125

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1950s

1.6307

1960s

1.7677

1970s

0.0000

1980s

0.0000

1990s

0.0000

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Max Roach is ranked overall as 1.9308 out of 4 stars

1.9308

Max Roach Album Rankings

Max Roach scores a combined 3.5303 out of 4 stars for Percussion Bitter Sweet

Percussion Bitter Sweet (3.5303)

This CD reissue brings back a classic album, one of the finest of drummer Max Roach's very productive career. ...more

9.59

to

13.71

from (5) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 3.2705 out of 4 stars for Deeds, Not Words

Deeds, Not Words (3.2705)

This CD reissue of a Max Roach Riverside date is notable for featuring the great young trumpeterBooker Littleand for utilizingRay Draper's tuba as a melody instrument; tenor saxophonistGeorge Colemana ...more

6.99

to

11.98

from (5) sources

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach

Max Roach scores a combined 0.3253 out of 4 stars for We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (0.3253)

No review available

9.07

to

11.98

from (5) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.2664 out of 4 stars for Max Roach Plus Four

Max Roach Plus Four (0.2664)

No review available

9.11

to

14.98

from (5) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for To the Max

To the Max (0.0000)

No review available

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Long As You're Living

Long As You're Living (0.0000)

The most obscure group that drummer Max Roach led actually recorded four albums in 1960; a quintet with tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine (then a complete unknown), his brother Tommy on trumpet, t ...more

Max Roach with the New Orchestra of Boston and the So What Brass Quintet by Max Roach

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Max Roach with the New Orchestra of Boston and the So What Brass Quintet

Max Roach with the New Orchestra of Boston and the So What Brass Quintet (0.0000)

No review available

4.49

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Pictures in a Frame

Pictures in a Frame (0.0000)

Although drummer Max Roach has been engaged in many special projects during the past 20 years, his main group has been his regular quartet. ...more

22.71

The Max Roach Trio, Featuring the Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited by Max Roach

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for The Max Roach Trio, Featuring the Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited

The Max Roach Trio, Featuring the Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited (0.0000)

No review available

9.07

to

14.97

from (5) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Bright Moments

Bright Moments (0.0000)

The combination of drummer Max Roach's regular group (which includes trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater, tenor saxophonist Odean Pope and electric bassist Tyrone Brown) with the Uptown String Quartet to for ...more

23.97

to

34.86

from (2) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for M'Boom

M'Boom (0.0000)

In 1979 Max Roach founded M'Boom, a group consisting of eight percussionists. Their debut recording (which has been reissued on this Columbia CD) is far from being a monotonous drum battle. ...more

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Historic Ca Concerts 1954

Historic Ca Concerts 1954 (0.0000)

No review available

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for It's Time

It's Time (0.0000)

This Max Roach date had been out-of-print for around 30 years when it was finally reissued on CD by Impulse in 1996. ...more

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Max

Max (0.0000)

No review available

39.99

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Members, Don't Git Weary

Members, Don't Git Weary (0.0000)

Although Max Roach was very much a product of the be-bop revolution of the 1940s, he proved to be quite receptive to modal post-bop and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s. ...more

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift Every Voice and Sing (0.0000)

No review available

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Jazz In 3/4 Time

Jazz In 3/4 Time (0.0000)

The post-Clifford Brown quintet that drummer Max Roach led tends to get overlooked, but it actually ranked up there with the Jazz Messengers and the Horace Silver Quintet in the late '50s. ...more

7.47

to

10.29

from (5) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Drums Unlimited

Drums Unlimited (0.0000)

Other than a trio set with the legendary pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, this set was Max Roach's only recording as a leader during 1963-67. Three of the six numbers ("Nommo," "St. ...more

27.99

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Complete Studio Recordings

Complete Studio Recordings (0.0000)

No review available

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Speak, Brother, Speak!

Speak, Brother, Speak! (0.0000)

No review available

9.21

to

11.98

from (5) sources

Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley by Max Roach

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley

Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Streams of Consciousness

Streams of Consciousness (0.0000)

No review available

11.83

to

16.99

from (4) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Kardouba

Kardouba (0.0000)

No review available

9.99

Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker by Max Roach

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker

Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (0.0000)

The music on this CD finds drummer Max Roach for the first time dropping the piano out of his quintet and performing with a pianoless quartet. ...more

8.99

to

14.98

from (5) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Survivors

Survivors (0.0000)

Drummer Max Roach kept his string of excellent small combo sessions alive with this mid-'80s effort. ...more

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Too Clean

Too Clean (0.0000)

No review available

CD Pricing Not Available

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Award Winning Drummer

Award Winning Drummer (0.0000)

A good '59 session on the Bainbridge label, with drummer Max Roach leading his late '50s band through some stirring numbers. ...more

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Parisian Sketches

Parisian Sketches (0.0000)

No review available

7.83

to

12.18

from (2) sources

Max Roach scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Birth and Rebirth

Birth and Rebirth (0.0000)

The first of drummer Max Roach's two duet sets with multireedist Anthony Braxton consists of seven fairly free improvisations that they created in the studio. ...more

14.32

to

27.41

from (2) sources

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