In the collection
4 records
Played with
Charlie Parker
3 records together
Kenny Dorham
2 records together
Al Haig
2 records together
The Charlie Parker Quintet
2 records together
Miles Davis
2 records together
Billie Holiday
1 record together
Lester Young
1 record together
Art Tatum
1 record together
Thelonious Monk
1 record together
Phil Woods
1 record together
Jimmy Cleveland
1 record together
Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
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.