M'Boom

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.

M'Boom
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	Joe Chambers Warren Smith Bobby Sanabria
Past members	Joe Chambers Max Roach Ray Mantilla Roy Brooks Warren Smith Freddie Waits Omar Clay Eli Fountain Fred King Craig McIver Eddie Allen Francisco Mora Catlett Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman Steve Berrios Richard "Pablo" Landrum Ray Mantilla

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.

Discography

• 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)

External links

• 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)