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M'Boom
M'Boom is an American jazz percussion group founded by drummer Max Roach in 1970. The original members were Roach, Roy Brooks, Warren Smith, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Ray Mantilla, and Freddie Waits. All of M'Boom's members are and always have been percussionists, employing numerous percussion instruments besides the drums. These include bells, gongs, marimba, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, and musical saw. Discography * 1973: '' Re: Percussion'' ( Strata-East) * 1973: ''Re: Percussion'' (Baystate) * 1979: ''M'Boom'' ( Columbia) * 1984: '' Collage'' (Soul Note) * 1991: '' To the Max!'' (Enja) * 1992: ''Live at S.O.B.'s New York'' (Blue Moon) References External linksConcert Review ''New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'', June 27, 1986 {{DEFAULT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz Jazz drumming, 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. He was inducted into the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in 1980 and the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1992. In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, he founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom. He made numerous musical statements relating to the civil rights movement. Biography Early life and career Max Roach was born to Alphonse and Cressie Roach in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Clay
M'Boom is an American jazz percussion group founded by drummer Max Roach in 1970. The original members were Roach, Roy Brooks, Warren Smith, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Ray Mantilla, and Freddie Waits. All of M'Boom's members are and always have been percussionists, employing numerous percussion instruments besides the drums. These include bells, gongs, marimba, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, and musical saw. Discography * 1973: '' Re: Percussion'' (Strata-East) * 1973: ''Re: Percussion'' (Baystate) * 1979: ''M'Boom'' ( Columbia) * 1984: ''Collage'' (Soul Note) * 1991: ''To the Max!'' (Enja) * 1992: ''Live at S.O.B.'s New York'' (Blue Moon) References External linksConcert Review ''New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...'', June 27, 1986 {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks (March 9, 1938 – November 15, 2005) was an American jazz drummer. Biography Early life Brooks was born in Detroit and drummed since childhood, his earliest experiences of music coming through his mother, who sang in church. He was an outstanding varsity basketball player as a teenager and was offered a scholarship to the Detroit Institute of Technology; he attended the school for three semesters and then dropped out to tour with Yusef Lateef.Roy Brooksat Allmusic Career After time with Lateef and Barry Harris, he played with Beans Bowles and with the Four Tops in Las Vegas.Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford, 1999, p. 82. He played with Horace Silver from 1959 to 1964, including on the album ''Song for My Father''; in 1963 he released his first album as a leader. Following this he freelanced in New York City through the 1960s and early 1970s, playing with Lateef again (1967–70), Sonny Stitt, Lee Morgan, Dexter Gordon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Smith (jazz Percussionist)
Warren Smith (born May 14, 1934) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, known as a contributor to Max Roach's M'boom ensemble and leader of the Composer's Workshop Ensemble ( Strata-East). Biography Smith was born May 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, to a musical family. His father played saxophone and clarinet with Noble Sissle and Jimmie Noone, and his mother was a harpist and pianist. At the age of four, Smith studied clarinet with his father. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957, then received a master's degree in percussion from the Manhattan School of Music in 1958. He found work in Broadway pit bands in 1958, and also played with Gil Evans that year. In 1961, he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble. In the 1960s, Smith accompanied Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Lloyd Price, and Nat King Cole; he worked with Sam Rivers from 1964–1976 and with Gil Evans again from 1968 to 1976. In 1969, he played with Janis Joplin and in 1971 with King Curtis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Waits
Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits (April 27, 1943 – November 18, 1989) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer. Waits never officially recorded as leader, but was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He worked as sideman with such pianists as McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul. In 1967, Waits recorded with Freddie Hubbard. He was a member of the last Lee Morgan Quintet, an association ended by Morgan's murder in 1972. In the late 1970s, Waits formed ''Colloquium III'' with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart. In the 1980s he became a music faculty member of Rutgers University. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989. His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits. Discography As sideman With Roy Ayers *''Daddy Bug'' (Atlantic, 1969) With Kenny Barron *''You Had Better Listen'' (Atlantic, 1967) with Jimmy Owens *''Sunset to Dawn'' (Muse, 1973) *'' Autumn in New York'' (Uptown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Smith (jazz Musician)
Warren Smith (born May 14, 1934) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, known as a contributor to Max Roach's M'boom ensemble and leader of the Composer's Workshop Ensemble ( Strata-East). Biography Smith was born May 14, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois, to a musical family. His father played saxophone and clarinet with Noble Sissle and Jimmie Noone, and his mother was a harpist and pianist. At the age of four, Smith studied clarinet with his father. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957, then received a master's degree in percussion from the Manhattan School of Music in 1958. He found work in Broadway pit bands in 1958, and also played with Gil Evans that year. In 1961, he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble. In the 1960s, Smith accompanied Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Lloyd Price, and Nat King Cole; he worked with Sam Rivers from 1964–1976 and with Gil Evans again from 1968 to 1976. In 1969, he played with Janis Joplin and in 1971 with King Curtis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M'Boom (album)
''M'Boom'' is an album by American jazz percussion ensemble M'Boom led by Max Roach recorded in 1979 for the Columbia label.Max Roach discography accessed May 27, 2011 Reception The review by awarded the album 4½ stars stating: "This is a particularly colorful set that is easily recommended not only to jazz and percussion fans but to followers of World music".Yanow, SAllmusic Review a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collage (M'Boom Album)
''Collage'' is an album by United States, American jazz drumming, jazz percussion ensemble M'Boom led by Max Roach recorded in 1984 for the Italian Black Saint/Soul Note, Soul Note label.Max Roach discography accessed May 25, 2011 Reception The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "While listening to the mix of different instruments from track to track is fun, this CD is better savored a track or two at a time than trying to absorb the whole thing in one sitting".Dryden, KAllmusic Review accessed May 25, 2011 Track listing :''All compositions by Max Roach except as indicated'' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Mantilla
Raymond Mantilla (June 22, 1934 – March 21, 2020) was an American percussionist. Discography As leader * ''Mantilla'' (Inner City, 1978) * ''Hands of Fire'' (Red, 1984) * ''Synergy'' (Red, 1986) * ''Dark Powers'' (Red, 1988) * ''The Next Step'' (Red, 2000) * ''Man-Ti-Ya'' (Savant, 2004) * ''Good Vibrations'' (Savant, 2006) * ''The Connection'' (Savant, 2013) * ''High Voltage'' (Savant, 2017) As sideman With Mose Allison * 1994 ''The Earth Wants You'' * 1997 ''Jazz Profile'' With Gato Barbieri *'' Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata'' (Impulse!, 1974) *'' Yesterdays'' (Flying Dutchman, 1974) With Ray Barretto * 1961 ''Barretto Para Bailar'' * 1963 ''Latino! & Afro-Jaws'' * 1973 ''Carnaval: Latino!/Pachanga with Barretto'' With Joe Beck *''Beck & Sandborn'' (Columbia, 1975) *''Beck'' (Kudu, 1975) With Walter Bishop Jr. *''Cubicle'' (Muse, 1978) With Art Blakey *''Child's Dance'' (Prestige, 1972) *'' In My Prime Vol. 1'' (Timeless, 1977) *''In My Prime Vol. 2'' (Timeless, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Note Records
Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz. History Black Saint was established in 1975 by Giacomo Pelliciotti and devoted to recording avant-garde musicians who might not have an opportunity elsewhere. In 1979, a sister label, Soul Note, was established as a home for artists who, while being no less creative, might be considered slightly closer to the mainstream. The labels specialize in avant-garde jazz stemming from the free jazz tradition. Some of its roster of artists were members of the Chicago-based music association Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the St. Louis-based multidisciplinary arts collectives Black Artists Group and the Human Arts Ensemble. The company was based in Tribiano, Italy. Many of the recordings were made in Milan, as the performers passed thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Allen (jazz Musician)
Eddie Allen (born July 12, 1957) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist from Milwaukee. Career Allen has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Lester Bowie, Art Blakey, Benny Carter, Chico Freeman, Craig Harris, and Dizzy Gillespie. He has used several variants of his name on CDs including E.J. Allen, Eddie E.J. Allen, and E.J. "Eddie" Allen. He also works in rhythm and blues and rock. Discography As leader * ''Another's Point of View'' (Enja, 1993) * ''Remembrance'' (Venus, 1994) * ''R 'n' B'' (Enja, 1995) * ''Summer Days'' (Enja, 2000) * ''Sãlongo'' (DBCD, 2007) * ''Groove's Mood'' with The Aggregation (DBCD, 2008) * ''Push'' (Edjalen Music, 2014) * ''Jazzy Brass for the Holidays (2019) As sideman With Muhal Richard Abrams * ''Think All, Focus One'' (Black Saint, 1995) * '' One Line, Two Views'' (New World/CounterCurrents, 1995) * ''Song for All'' (Black Saint, 1997) With Lester Bowie * ''Serious Fun'' (DIW, 1987) * ''My Way'' (DIW, 1990) * ''The Fire This Time'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Berrios
Steve Berrios (February 24, 1945 – July 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and percussionist born in New York City. Biography Starting out on trumpet while in public school, he was influenced by his father, a professional drummer, and his neighbors in Upper Manhattan: Tito Puente, Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria. At 16, he began winning talent and trumpet contests, including the famed Apollo Theatre competitions, in which he placed first no less than five times. Switching his focus to drums and percussion, he started touring and recording with Mongo Santamaria at age 19. He learned to play batá sacred drums from Julito Collazo. He played conga, djembe, cowbells, marimba, timpani and glockenspiel in Dizzy Gillespie’s band on a good-will tour of Cuba in the 1980s. In 1981, he became a founding member of the milestone Latin jazz group “Jerry González & the Fort Apache Band”. Berrios recorded more than a dozen albums as a member of the Fort Apache Band, including “T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
