Editing Max Roach (section)

== Discography ==
=== As leader/co-leader ===
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* 1953: ''[[The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley]]'' ([[Debut Records|Debut]], 1954)
* 1956: ''[[Max Roach + 4]]'' ([[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]], 1956)
* 1956-57: ''[[Jazz in 3/4 Time]]'' (EmArcy, 1957)
* 1957-58: ''[[The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker]]'' (EmArcy, 1959)
* 1957-58: ''Percussion Discussion'' with [[Art Blakey]] (Chess, 1976)[2LP]
* 1958: ''[[MAX (album)|MAX]]'' ([[Argo Records|Argo]], 1958)
* 1958: ''[[Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene]]'' ([[Mercury Records|Mercury]], 1958)
* 1958: ''[[Max Roach + 4 at Newport]]'' (EmArcy, 1958) – live
* 1958: ''[[Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble]]'' (EmArcy, 1958) – live
* 1958: ''[[Deeds, Not Words]]'' ([[Riverside Records|Riverside]]) – also released as ''Conversation'' (Jazzland, 1963)
* 1958: ''[[Award-Winning Drummer]]'' ([[Time Records|Time]], 1959) – also released as ''Max Roach'' (Time, 1962)
* 1958: ''Max Roach/Bud Shank – Sessions'' with [[Bud Shank]] (Calliope, 1976)
* 1958: ''[[Booker Little 4 and Max Roach|The Defiant Ones]]'' with [[Booker Little]] (United Artists, 1959)
* 1959: ''[[The Many Sides of Max]]'' (Mercury, 1964)
* 1959: ''[[Rich Versus Roach]]'' with [[Buddy Rich]] (Mercury, 1959)
* 1959: ''[[Quiet as It's Kept]]'' (Mercury, 1960)
* 1959: ''[[Moon Faced and Starry Eyed]]'' with [[Abbey Lincoln]] (Mercury, 1959)
* 1960: ''[[Long as You're Living]]'' ([[Enja Records|Enja]], 1984)
* 1960: ''[[Parisian Sketches]]'' (Mercury, 1960)
* 1960: ''[[We Insist!]]'' ([[Candid Records|Candid]], 1960)
* 1961: ''[[Percussion Bitter Sweet]]'' with [[Mal Waldron]] ([[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], 1961)
* 1962: ''[[It's Time (Max Roach album)|It's Time]]'' with Mal Waldron (Impulse!, 1962)
* 1962: ''[[Speak, Brother, Speak!]]'' ([[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]], 1963)
* 1964: ''[[The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan]]'' with [[Hasaan Ibn Ali]] ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], 1965)
* 1965–66: ''[[Drums Unlimited]]'' (Atlantic, 1966)
* 1968: ''[[Members, Don't Git Weary]]'' (Atlantic, 1968)
* 1971: ''[[Lift Every Voice and Sing (album)|Lift Every Voice and Sing]]'' with the J.C. White Singers (Atlantic, 1971)
* 1976: ''Force'' with [[Archie Shepp]] (Uniteledis, 1976)[2LP]
* 1976: ''Nommo'' ([[Victor Records|Victor]], 1978)
* 1977: ''Live in Tokyo'' Vol.1 & Vol.2 ([[Denon Records|Denon]], 1977) – live
* 1977?: ''The Loadstar'' (Horo, 1977)[2LP]
* 1977: '' Live In Amsterdam'' ([[Baystate Records|Baystate]], 1979) – live
* 1977: ''Solos'' (Baystate, 1978)
* 1977: ''Streams of Consciousness'' with [[Abdullah Ibrahim|Dollar Brand]] (Baystate, 1978)
* 1978: ''Confirmation'' ([[Fluid Records|Fluid]], 1978)
* 1978: ''[[Birth and Rebirth]]'' with [[Anthony Braxton]] ([[Black Saint Records|Black Saint]], 1978)
* 1979: ''[[The Long March (album)|The Long March]]'' with [[Archie Shepp]] ([[Hathut Records|Hathut]], 1979) – live
* 1979: ''[[Historic Concerts]]'' with [[Cecil Taylor]] (Black Saint, 1984) – live
* 1979: ''[[One in Two – Two in One]]'' with [[Anthony Braxton]] (Hathut, 1979) – live
* 1979: ''[[Pictures in a Frame]]'' ([[Soul Note Records|Soul Note]]9) – live
* 1981?: ''Chattahoochee Red'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1981)
* 1981: ''Live at Blues Alley'' ([[MVD Entertainment Group|MVD Visual]], 2011)[DVD-Video] – live
* 1982: ''Swish'' with [[Connie Crothers]] ([[New Artists Records|New Artists]], 1982)
* 1982: ''[[In the Light (Max Roach album)|In the Light]]'' (Soul Note, 1982)
* 1983: ''[[Live at Vielharmonie]]'' (Soul Note, 1985) – live
* 1984: ''[[Scott Free (album)|Scott Free]]'' (Soul Note, 1985)
* 1984: ''[[It's Christmas Again]]'' (Soul Note, 1987)
* 1984: ''[[Survivors (Max Roach album)|Survivors]]'' (Soul Note, 1984)
* 1985: ''[[Easy Winners (album)|Easy Winners]]'' (Soul Note, 1985)
* 1986: ''[[Bright Moments (Max Roach album)|Bright Moments]]'' (Soul Note, 1986)
* 1989: ''[[Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989]]'' with [[Dizzy Gillespie]] ([[A&M Records|A&M]], 1990) – live
* 1991: ''[[To the Max!]]'' (Enja, 1992)
* 1993, 95: ''With the New Orchestra of Boston and the So What Brass Quintet'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], 1996)
* 1999?: ''Beijing Trio'' with [[Jon Jang]], [[Jiebing Chen]] ([[Asian Improv Records|Asian Improv]], 1999)
* 2002?: ''Friendship'' with [[Clark Terry]] (Columbia, 2002)
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'''Co-leader with [[Clifford Brown]]''' <br />
(Originally The Max Roach All Stars featuring Clifford Brown, renamed after the death of Clifford Brown)
* 1954: ''[[Best Coast Jazz]]'' ([[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]], 1956)
* 1954: ''[[Clifford Brown All Stars]]'' ([EmArcy, 1956)
* 1954: ''[[Jam Session (album)|Jam Session]]'' with [[Maynard Ferguson]] and [[Clark Terry]] (EmArcy, 1954)
* 1954: ''[[Brown and Roach Incorporated]]'' (EmArcy, 1955)
* 1954: ''[[Daahoud]]'' ([[Mainstream Records]], 1973)
* 1954 : ''[[Clifford Brown & Max Roach|Clifford Brown and Max Roach]]'' (EmArcy, 1954)
* 1954: ''More Study in Brown'' (EmArcy, 1983)
* 1955: ''[[Clifford Brown with Strings]]'' (EmArcy, 1955)
* 1955: ''[[Study in Brown]]'' (EmArcy, 1955)
* 1955: ''Raw Genius - Live at Bee Hive Chicago 1955'' Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 with Max Roach (Victor, 1977) – Japan only
* 1955: ''Live at The Bee Hive'' (Columbia, 1979)[2LP] – the same recording source
* 1956: ''[[Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street]]'' (EmArcy, 1956)

'''Co-leader with [[M'Boom]]'''
* 1973: ''[[Re: Percussion]]'' ([[Strata-East Records|Strata-East]], 1973)
* 1979: ''[[M'Boom (album)|M'Boom]]'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1979)
* 1984: ''[[Collage (M'Boom album)|Collage]]'' ([[Soul Note]], 1984)
* 1992: ''Live at S.O.B.'s New York'' (Blue Moon, 1992) – live
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'''Compilation'''
* ''[[Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years]]'' ([[Verve Records|Verve]], 1995) – rec. 1954–60

=== As a member ===
'''The Paris All-Stars''' <br />(with [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Hank Jones]], [[Milt Jackson]], [[Percy Heath]] and [[Stan Getz]])
* ''Homage to Charlie Parker'' (A&M, 1990) – rec. 1989

=== As sideman ===
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'''With [[Miles Davis]]'''
* ''[[Birth of the Cool]]'' ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]], 1949)
* ''[[Conception (album)|Conception]]'' (Prestige, 1951)

'''With [[Duke Ellington]]'''
* ''[[Paris Blues#Soundtrack|Paris Blues]]'' ([[United Artists Records|United Artists]], 1961)
* ''[[Money Jungle]]'' (United Artists, 1962) also with [[Charles Mingus]]

'''With [[Stan Getz]]'''
* ''Opus De Bop'' (Savoy, 1957) – Compilation rec. 1946-47
* ''[[Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds]]'' (Verve, 1957) – rec. 1953-55

'''With [[Dizzy Gillespie]]'''
* ''[[Diz and Getz]]'' (Verve, 1953) – with [[Stan Getz]]
* ''[[The Bop Session]]'' ([[Sonet Records|Sonet]], 1975) with [[Sonny Stitt]], [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]], [[Hank Jones]] and [[Percy Heath]]

'''With [[Coleman Hawkins]]'''
* ''[[Rainbow Mist]]'' (Delmark, 1992) – compilation of Apollo recordings in 1944
* ''Coleman Hawkins and His All Stars'' (1944)
* ''[[Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins album)|Body and Soul]]'' (1946)

'''With [[J.J. Johnson]]'''
* ''Mad Be Bop'' (Savoy, 1978)[2LP] – rec. 1946-54
* ''[[First Place]]'' (Columbia, 1957)

'''With [[Abbey Lincoln]]'''
* ''[[That's Him!]]'' (Riverside, 1957)
* ''[[Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln album)|Straight Ahead]]'' (Riverside, 1961)

'''With [[Charles Mingus]]'''
* ''[[Mingus at the Bohemia]]'' (Debut, 1955); "Percussion Discussion" only
*''[[The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach]]'' (Debut, 1955)

'''With [[Thelonious Monk]]'''
* ''[[Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2]]'' (Blue Note, 1952)
* ''[[Brilliant Corners]]'' (Riverside, 1956)

'''With [[Charlie Parker]]'''
* ''Town Hall, New York, June 22, 1945'' (1945) – also with [[Dizzy Gillespie]]
* ''The Complete Savoy Studio Recordings'' (1945–48)
* ''Lullaby in Rhythm'' (1947)
* ''[[Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions]]''/''[[Complete Charlie Parker on Dial]]''/''[[Charlie Parker on Dial]]'' ([[Dial Records (1946)|Dial]], 1945–48)
* ''The Band that Never Was'' (1948)
* ''Bird on 52nd Street'' (1948)
* ''Bird at the Roost'' (1948)
* ''Charlie Parker in France'' (1949)
* ''Live at Rockland Palace'' (1952)
* ''Yardbird: DC–53'' (1953)
*''[[Big Band (Charlie Parker album)|Big Band]]'' ([[Clef Records|Clef]], 1954)
* ''Charlie Parker Complete Sessions on Verve'' (Verve, 2000) – compilation

'''With [[Bud Powell]]'''
* ''The Bud Powell Trip'' (1947)
* ''[[The Amazing Bud Powell]]'' (Blue Note, 1951)

'''With [[Sonny Rollins]]'''
* ''[[Work Time]]'' (Prestige, 1955)
* ''[[Sonny Rollins Plus 4]]'' (Prestige, 1956)
* ''[[Tour de Force (Sonny Rollins album)|Tour de Force]]'' (Prestige, 1956)
* ''[[Rollins Plays for Bird]]'' (Prestige, 1956)
* ''[[Saxophone Colossus]]'' (Prestige, 1956)
* ''[[Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album)|Freedom Suite]]'' (Riverside, 1958)
* ''Stuttgart 1963 Concert'' (1963)
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'''With others'''
* [[Chet Baker]], ''[[Witch Doctor (Chet Baker album)|Witch Doctor]]'' ([[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]], 1985) – rec. 1953
* [[Don Byas]], ''Savoy Jam Party'' (Savoy, 1976)[2LP] – rec. 1944–46
* [[Jimmy Cleveland]], ''[[Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars]]'' (EmArcy, 1955)
* [[Al Cohn]], ''[[Al Cohn's Tones]]'' ([[Savoy Records|Savoy]], 1956) – rec. 1953
* John Dennis, ''New Piano Expressions'' (Debut, 1957) – rec. 1955
* [[Kenny Dorham]], ''[[Jazz Contrasts]]'' (Riverside, 1957)
* [[Billy Eckstine]], ''The Metronome All Stars'' (MGM, 1953)[10"]
* [[Maynard Ferguson]], ''[[Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson]]'' (EmArcy, 1954)
* [[Benny Golson]], ''[[The Modern Touch]]'' (Riverside, 1957)
* [[Johnny Griffin]], ''[[Introducing Johnny Griffin]]'' (Blue Note, 1956)
* [[Slide Hampton]], ''[[Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album)|Drum Suite]]'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]], 1962)
* [[Joe Holiday (musician)|Joe Holiday]], ''Mambo Jazz'' (Original Jazz Classics, 1991) – rec. 1951-54
* [[Thad Jones]], ''[[The Magnificent Thad Jones]]'' (Blue Note, 1956)
* [[Booker Little]], ''[[Out Front (Booker Little album)|Out Front]]'' (Candid, 1961)
* [[Howard McGhee]], ''Howard McGhee All Stars'' (Blue Note, 1952)[10"]
* [[Gil Mellé]], ''[[The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions|Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet]]'' (Blue Note, 1953)
* [[Herbie Nichols]], ''[[Herbie Nichols Trio]]'' (Blue Note, 1955)
* [[Oscar Pettiford]], ''[[Oscar Pettiford Sextet]]'' ([[Vogue Records|Vogue]], 1954)
* [[George Russell (composer)|George Russell]],  ''[[New York, N.Y. (album)|New York, N.Y.]]'' (1959)
* [[A. K. Salim]], ''[[Pretty for the People]]'' (Savoy, 1957)
* [[Hazel Scott]], ''Relaxed Piano Moods'' (1955)
* [[Sonny Stitt]], ''[[Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson]]'' (Prestige, 1956)
* [[Stanley Turrentine]], ''[[Stan "The Man" Turrentine]]'' (Time, 1963) – rec. 1960
* [[Tommy Turrentine]], ''Tommy Turrentine'' (1960)
* [[George Wallington]], ''The George Wallington Trip and Septet'' (1951)
* [[Dinah Washington]], ''[[Dinah Jams]]'' (EmArcy, 1954)
* [[Randy Weston]], ''[[Uhuru Afrika]]'' ([[Roulette Records|Roulette]], 1960)
* [[Joe Wilder]], ''The Music of George Gershwin: I Sing of Thee'' (1956)
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