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Max Roach

1924 - 2007

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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 most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Roach has received more than 1,262,418 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Roach is the 717th most popular musician (down from 633rd in 2019), the 3,650th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,290th in 2019) and the 222nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Max Roach ranks 717 out of 3,175. Before him are Conrad Graf, The Big Bopper, Kenny Clarke, Peter Hammill, Liam Gallagher, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. After him are Max Cavalera, Enrico Toselli, Brian Molko, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Chucho Valdés, and Avicii.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Max Roach ranks 183. Before him are Élias Sarkis, Aleksandar Tišma, Yuri Orlov, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Werner Kohlmeyer, and John Hansen. After him are Girija Prasad Koirala, Jean-François Revel, Gohar Gasparyan, Fud Leclerc, Gevork Vartanian, and Isadore Singer. Among people deceased in 2007, Max Roach ranks 153. Before him are Manuel Bento, Reg Park, Ronald Speirs, Wolfgang Iser, Salomon Morel, and Lee Hazlewood. After him are Nazik Al-Malaika, Gohar Gasparyan, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Toše Proeski, Ladislav Adamec, and Naziha al-Dulaimi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Max Roach ranks 3,650 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Andre Norton (1912), Jackie Cooper (1922), Lee Hazlewood (1929), and Majel Barrett (1932). After him are Bert Patenaude (1909), Alfred Worden (1932), Peggy March (1948), Stuart Roosa (1933), Annette O'Toole (1952), and Harold Sakata (1920).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Max Roach ranks 222. Before him are Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), Elmore James (1918), The Big Bopper (1930), Kenny Clarke (1914), and Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929). After him are Herb Alpert (1935), Willie Dixon (1915), Horace Silver (1928), Ron McGovney (1962), Tim Buckley (1947), and Kerry King (1964).

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