M'Boom | |
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![]() M'Boom at a jazz workshop at hosted by Amherst University, January 26, 1974 | |
Background information | |
Genres | Jazz |
Years active | 1970–1990s |
Labels | Baystate, Columbia, Soul Note, Blue Moon |
Members | |
Past members |
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M'Boom was 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.[1]
Discography
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Yanow, Scott. "M'Boom | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Concert Review, New York Times, June 27, 1986
- "Max Roach and M'Boom: Diasporic Soundings in American Percussion Music", thesis by Sean Leah Bowden (2018)