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Max Roach Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Chloe Bennett • • 4 min read
Max Roach Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Max Roach is remembered as the drummer who changed the heartbeat of jazz. His new fusions gave birth to a new order in the ballroom music.

Early Life

Maxwell Lemuel Roach was born on January 10th 1924. His parents Alphonse and Cressie Roach were black farmers from Newland, North Carolina. At the age of four, his parents moved to Brooklyn, New York. The elementary school he went to encouraged music. Children were even allowed to carry home the instrument from school. His mother also influenced him. She was a gospel singer. When not in school, their parents would leave them at church. It is there that they practiced how to play various musical instruments.

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Education

Max Roach graduated from Boys High School in 1942. After a stint as a recording artist, he returned to school. Roach joined Manhattan School of Music in 1950. In 1953, he got a Bachelor Degree in Music. Later in 1990, the school gave him an Honorary Doctorate. He was also to become a music professor at the University of Massachusetts.

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