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FILE: Jazz drummer, Max Roach has died at the age of 83

Max Roach, considered to be one of the creators of modern jazz, died in Manhattan at the age of 83. Drummer Max Roach, who helped revolutionize jazz by creating the fast-paced bebop style along with players like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, has died at age 83, Blue Note Records said on Thursday (August 16), Blue Note did not give a cause of death for Roach, who died in his sleep in New York.

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