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Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.

Max Roach

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Max Roach
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 10
Died: 2007
Died: August 16
Bandleader
Composer
Jazz Musician
Percussionist
University Teacher
Newland
North Carolina
Maxwell Lemuel Roach
Jazz
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Emancipate
Music
Subservient
Drums
Monk
Encouraged

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