M'Boom

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M'Boom was a jazz percussion ensemble founded in 1970 by Max Roach.

All of M'Boom's members were percussionists; Roach created the group with the intent of exploring the textures of unusual and non-Western percussion instruments. Among the instruments used by the ensemble were marimbas, xylophones, timpani, vibraphones, gongs, timbales, chimes, bongos, steel drums, glockenspiels, and the musical saw. Roach founded the group as a septet in 1970, but over the years it had as many as ten members. M'Boom played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1994.

[edit] Members

Founding members

• Max Roach
• Warren Smith
• Freddie Waits
• Omar Clay
• Joe Chambers
• Roy Brooks
• Ray Mantilla

Later members

Incomplete

• Fred King

[edit] Discography

• Re:Percussion (Strata-East Records, 1973)
• M'Boom Re:Percussion (Columbia Records, 1979)
• Collage (Soul Note, 1984)
• Live at S.O.B.'s New York (Blue Moon Records, 1992)

[edit] References

• Scott Yanow, M'Boom at All Music Guide
• Concert Review, New York Times, June 27, 1986