Max Roach, a well-respected and remarkable jazz drummer, passed away in his sleep at the age of 83 in New York. Roach is known for having been one of the developers of the bebop genre and has had the opportunity to work with Miles Davis, Nat King Cole and others, during his lifetime.
“Legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, best known for creating the fast-paced bebop style, has died in New York aged 83.
His record label, Blue Note, said it was saddened by the death of a man it described as “an unmistakable force on numerous classic recordings”.
Fellow musician Quincy Jones said: “Thank God he left a piece of his soul on his recordings so that we’ll always have a part of him with us.”
No cause of death was given for the star, who died in his sleep.
Born in North Carolina in 1924, Roach became the house drummer at the legendary New York club Monroe’s Uptown House in his teens.”
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