Birth Place: Newland, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Birth Name: Maxwell Lemuel Roach

Member of:
The Quintet
M'Boom

Associated Acts:
Clifford Brown
Dizzy Gillespie
Buddy Rich
Anthony Braxton
Cecil Taylor
Stan Levey
Archie Shepp
Dollar Brand
Connie Crothers
Clark Terry
Charlie Parker
Charles Mingus
Abbey Lincoln
Booker Little

Instruments:
Drums
Percussion

Genres:
Jazz
Bebop

Did You Know: He died on August 16, 2007 in New York, New York, U.S.A.