Max Roach

Acting • AGE 83

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the...

Acting

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Self (archive footage)

2024

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Self (archival footage)

2023

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Self (archive footage)

2021

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)

2021

70 Years of Youth Revolt

Self (archive footage)

2020

Max Roach - Full Concert - 08/16/92 - Newport Jazz Festival

Themself

2014

The Cosby Show

Dr. Gordon Darton

1984

Åke Hasselgård story

1983

Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley

Self

1981

Death of a Prophet

Original Music Composer

1981

Great Performances

Self

1971

Renovación

Music

1969

Black Sun

Musician

1964

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Self

1960