Before drum machines and loops, there were masters like Max Roach, redefining what jazz percussion could be

🤔 Fun fact: Max pioneered "M'Boom," an ensemble made up only of percussionists. To keep the sound from being flat, Roach used custom-made glass and metal sticks to extract melodic notes from the cymbals. He made a drum kit sound like a full orchestra without using a single synth! 🎹✨ Did you know? 🤯 #MaxRoach #JazzLegends

I see a ridiculous fight scene in my head with this as the backing track.

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A few years ago, I showed a friend a video of Max Roach playing with a band and the friend, wearing headphones, replied, "I can't make out which part is the drummer and which is the drum machine," to which I replied, "Max Roach is the drum machine."

One man performing a whole village of talking drums.....insanity. Melodic too. I'll admit to not being familiar with him.😬

@olle_ko @funkentechno @blackmonolith

One of my favorites from Roach, and album that sounds way ahead of its time

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Would love to be in cool jazz bar watching this for hours

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The drummer on King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) is Michael Giles-

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I’m rising the stakes with Gene Krupa.

Elvin Jones

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Swoon! That intensity says it all. Legends like Roach set the bar. Machines just follow it.

This reminds me of Antonio Sanchez' excellent drum solo the Pat Metheny "Speaking of Now" live DVD.

@Mowikan Saw him live once (July 11, 1999), doing a solo gig at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Legend!

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@MrChuckD I prefer hearing a real drum kit over drum machines.

Ha! Wonderful stuff but there are no ‘masters’ in music, we are all novices no matter how accomplished or experienced, and there are still plenty of novices, even after drum machines & loops.😉

This is like experiencing Elvin Jones live for the first time

@farm2tablelife you need to study those old school jazz heads

and a decent dude.

Wow. Toe tapping on steroids!

Way more fun to watch than a machine.

sounds like shit

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prI will never understand drummers not using this style of stick grip as opposed to what Buddy Rich does

This answers his Chile days questions

"And Max Roach, cymbals socking Bass drum talking, snare drum rocking Restructuring the metaphysics of a jazz thing" Jazz Thing by Gang Starr

Max Roach was a master - a virtuoso.

is there a drumb machine that includes samples from this and others from legendary drummers from the past? i mean i'm sure you can do it somehow, with pro tools or something and sample anything..