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American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007)
mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, Roach founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom. Max Roach was born
Max_Roach
1954 studio album by Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
Clifford Brown & Max Roach is a 1954 album by jazz musicians Clifford Brown and Max Roach as part of the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, described
Clifford_Brown_&_Max_Roach
American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer (1930–1956)
Brown / Max Roach Quintet, journalist Nat Hentoff and Brown interviewed for a DownBeat article titled "Clifford Brown – the New Dizzy". Max Roach's stature
Clifford_Brown
1956 studio album by Max Roach
Max Roach + 4 is an LP recorded by jazz drummer Max Roach, which featured Kenny Dorham on trumpet, Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Ray Bryant on piano, and
Max_Roach_+_4
American jazz trumpeter and composer (1938–61)
short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with Max Roach, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by Sonny Rollins
Booker_Little
1958 studio album by Max Roach Quintet
MAX is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label. The Allmusic review states, "1958's
Max_(Max_Roach_album)
1958 live album by Max Roach
Max Roach + 4 at Newport is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 and released on the EmArcy label
Max_Roach_+_4_at_Newport
American jazz music sessions (1945–48)
6; piano, 1,3,5,6), Sadik Hakim (piano, 2,4), Curley Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums) Charlie Parker Septet. Recorded March 28, 1946, in Hollywood for
Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions
Charlie_Parker's_Savoy_and_Dial_sessions
Live album by Charles Mingus
The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in July 1963 through Fantasy Records
The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach
The_Charles_Mingus_Quintet_&_Max_Roach
1955 studio album by Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Brown and Roach Incorporated is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in August 1954 and released
Brown_and_Roach_Incorporated
1959 studio album by Max Roach
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks associated with Charlie Parker recorded in late 1957
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
The_Max_Roach_4_Plays_Charlie_Parker
1957 studio album by Thelonious Monk
saxophonists Ernie Henry and Sonny Rollins, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Max Roach. The former composition was titled as a phonetic rendering of Monk's exaggerated
Brilliant_Corners
American stylist (born 1978)
artists such as Zendaya, Céline Dion, and Ariana Grande. Roach served as a primary judge on the HBO Max competition series Legendary (2020–2022). He announced
Law_Roach
American jazz musician (1926–1991)
as part of Parker's group Reboppers that also involved Gillespie and Max Roach, displaying hints of the style he would become known for. On Parker's
Miles_Davis
American jazz pianist (1931–1956)
arranger for the quintet co-led by trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach. This band toured extensively across the U.S. for two years, and released
Richie_Powell
American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)
recording ban was lifted, did Parker's collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and others have a substantial effect on the jazz world. One of their
Charlie_Parker
1959 studio album by Buddy Rich and Max Roach
Rich versus Roach is a 1959 studio album by drummers Buddy Rich and Max Roach with their respective bands of the time. The album is mixed with each of
Rich_Versus_Roach
1956 studio album by Clifford Brown, Max Roach
Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (also known as At Basin Street) is a 1956 album by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet, the last album
Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street
Clifford_Brown_and_Max_Roach_at_Basin_Street
Subgenre of jazz music developed in the U.S. in mid-1940s
Johnson; electric guitarist Charlie Christian; and drummers Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. The term "bebop" is derived from nonsense syllables (vocables)
Bebop
1962 studio album by Max Roach
It's Time is a 1962 album by jazz drummer Max Roach, released on Impulse! Records which also features trumpeter Richard Williams, tenor saxophonist Clifford
It's_Time_(Max_Roach_album)
English drummer (1948–1980)
respect for Bonham. A mostly self-taught drummer, Bonham was influenced by Max Roach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. While he was primarily known for his hard-rock
John_Bonham
Music genre
New York and included pianists Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, drummers Max Roach and Kenny Clarke, saxophonist Charlie Parker, and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz
Public park in Brixton, London, England
Max Roach Park is a public park in Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth, London, United Kingdom. It is named after the African-American jazz drummer
Max_Roach_Park
1965 studio album by Max Roach Trio
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach with pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, recorded in 1964 and released
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan
The_Max_Roach_Trio_Featuring_the_Legendary_Hasaan
Documentary feature film
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes is a 2023 documentary film about the drummer, bandleader, and activist Max Roach. The film was directed by Sam Pollard
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Max_Roach:_The_Drum_Also_Waltzes
1958 live album by Max Roach
Max Roach and the Boston Percussion Ensemble is a live album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble
Max_Roach_with_the_Boston_Percussion_Ensemble
2024 documentary film by Johan Grimonprez
about the Cold War episode that led American musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese
Soundtrack_to_a_Coup_d'Etat
1954 studio album by Max Roach
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley was the debut album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1953 and first released
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley
The_Max_Roach_Quartet_featuring_Hank_Mobley
American jazz pianist and composer (1924–1966)
recordings and live performances with Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, and Max Roach during the late 1940s and early 1950s played an important role in the
Bud_Powell
American singer, actress and activist (1930–2010)
followed by a series of albums for Riverside Records. In 1960, she sang on Max Roach's landmark civil rights-themed recording We Insist! (subtitled Freedom
Abbey_Lincoln
1956 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Prestige Records. On this album, Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell
Sonny_Rollins_Plus_4
1958 studio album by Max Roach
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene is an album by the American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in Chicago in 1958 and released on the
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene
Max_Roach_+_4_on_the_Chicago_Scene
American jazz musician (1922–1979)
collaborations with other jazz greats, such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy. Mingus's work ranged from advanced bebop and avant-garde
Charles_Mingus
American jazz saxophonist (b. 1935)
(Atlantic, 1966) With Max Roach The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (Emarcy, 1958) Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (Emarcy, 1958) Max Roach + 4 at Newport
George_Coleman
featuring Parker, pianist John Lewis, bassist Nelson Boyd and drummer Max Roach. Prestige Records released Davis' debut album, The New Sounds, in 1951
Miles_Davis_discography
1954 song by Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Harold Land (tenor sax), Richie Powell (piano), George Morrow (bass), and Max Roach (drums). They did two takes – 10877-3 and 10877-4. Six days later (August
Joy_Spring
1958 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Prestige label. Rollins performed with Kenny Drew, George Morrow, and Max Roach, with vocals by Earl Coleman on two tracks. The AllMusic review by Scott
Tour de Force (Sonny Rollins album)
Tour_de_Force_(Sonny_Rollins_album)
American film director (born 1959)
co-director/producer (with Sam Pollard) and cinematographer of the documentary Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes, which explores the life and career of the master
Ben_Shapiro_(director)
American jazz percussion ensemble
American jazz percussion group founded by drummer Max Roach in 1970. The original members were Roach, Roy Brooks, Warren Smith, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay
M'Boom
1958 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Riverside label, featuring performances by Rollins with Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Rollins is very creative
Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins album)
Freedom_Suite_(Sonny_Rollins_album)
1957 studio album by Sonny Rollins
Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Max Roach. Rollins was a member of the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet at the time of the recording, and the
Saxophone_Colossus
1960 studio album by Max Roach
We Insist! (subtitled Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite) is an album by the jazz drummer and composer Max Roach which was released in January 1961 through
We_Insist!
American singer and actor (1936–2024)
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Kris_Kristofferson
1956 studio album by Sonny Rollins
featuring performances by Rollins with Ray Bryant, George Morrow, and Max Roach. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The enjoyable outing may
Work_Time
Discography of jazz saxophonist and band leader Sonny Rollins
1957) With Max Roach Live at the Bee Hive (Columbia, 1955, rel., 1979) - Roach co-billed with Clifford Brown Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street
Sonny_Rollins_discography
American jazz musician discography
(Freddie Roach 1963) The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) MAX (Max Roach, 1958)
Hank_Mobley_discography
American singer and actor (1927–2023)
was backed by the Charlie Parker band, which included Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Miles Davis, among others. He launched his recording career as a
Harry_Belafonte
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–1986)
he was hired by Max Roach to play on the album released as The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley. He later appeared on two Roach sessions recorded
Hank_Mobley
1959 studio album by Booker Little
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (also released as The Defiant Ones) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded
Booker_Little_4_and_Max_Roach
American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Duke Ellington (Secretary of State), Miles Davis (Director of the CIA), Max Roach (Secretary of Defense), Charles Mingus (Secretary of Peace), Ray Charles
Dizzy_Gillespie
1963 studio album by Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
Duke Ellington with the double bassist Charles Mingus and the drummer Max Roach. It was recorded on September 17, 1962, and released in February 1963
Money_Jungle
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917–1987)
solos for a total of six minutes. In 1959 Buddy Rich and Max Roach recorded Rich versus Roach with their respective bands of the time. From 1966 until
Buddy_Rich
1957 studio album by Sonny Rollins
performances by Rollins with Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow and Max Roach on material associated with Charlie Parker. The AllMusic review by Michael
Rollins_Plays_for_Bird
Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)
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Bob_Marley
1958 studio album by Abbey Lincoln with the Riverside Jazz Stars
"Don't Explain"), bass (track 11) Paul Chambers – bass (except track 11) Max Roach – drums Riverside Records discography accessed September 13, 2012 Yanow
That's_Him!
1958 studio album by Max Roach Quintet
Deeds, Not Words is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label. Allmusic awarded
Deeds,_Not_Words
1956 studio album by the Magnificent Thad Jones
("Something to Remember You By") Barry Harris – piano Percy Heath – bass Max Roach – drums Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer Reid
The_Magnificent_Thad_Jones
American jazz musician
an American jazz double bassist. Although most closely associated with Max Roach and Clifford Brown, Morrow also appears on recordings by Sonny Rollins
George_Morrow_(bassist)
American rock musician (born 1947)
original on June 15, 2018. "David Bowie and Iggy Pop Meet at Max's Kansas City". Max's Kansas City. September 17, 2008. Archived from the original on
Iggy_Pop
1956 live album by Charles Mingus
It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same
Mingus_at_the_Bohemia
1964 studio album by Max Roach Quintet
The Many Sides of Max is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1959 but not released on the Mercury label until 1964
The_Many_Sides_of_Max
1961 studio album by Booker Little
piano Art Davis (tracks 1, 3 & 7), Ron Carter (tracks 2 and 4–6) – bass Max Roach – drums, timpani, vibraphone "New LP Releases". Billboard Music Week.
Out Front (Booker Little album)
Out_Front_(Booker_Little_album)
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026)
Later that year, he joined the Clifford Brown–Max Roach quintet. The studio albums Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street and Sonny Rollins Plus 4 document
Sonny_Rollins
American drummer
influenced by the likes of Sonny Payne, Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Max Roach and Art Blakey, as well as other jazz influenced drummers like Carter
Greyson_Nekrutman
Topics referred to by the same term
Max (Max Roach album), 1958 Max, a 1977 album by The Rumour The Max, a song by Prince on his 1992 album Love Symbol "Max", a song by Paolo Conte Max (given
Max
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
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Richard_Pryor
American singer (1943–1970)
Wills 2008 Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs 2009 Gene Autry The Blind Boys of Alabama The Four Tops Hank
Janis_Joplin
American musician, singer and actor (1936–1973)
Wills 2008 Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs 2009 Gene Autry The Blind Boys of Alabama The Four Tops Hank
Bobby_Darin
American singer and actress (born 1944)
Wills 2008 Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs 2009 Gene Autry The Blind Boys of Alabama The Four Tops Hank
Diana_Ross
American singer and actor (1917–1995)
Wills 2008 Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs 2009 Gene Autry The Blind Boys of Alabama The Four Tops Hank
Dean_Martin
1968 studio album by Max Roach
Members, Don't Git Weary is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1968 and released on the Atlantic label. Allmusic awarded the album
Members,_Don't_Git_Weary
1960 studio album by Max Roach
Award-Winning Drummer (also released as Max Roach) is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring a session recorded in 1958 and released on
Award-Winning_Drummer
American singer (born 1940)
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Smokey_Robinson
1945 single by Charlie Parker
with trumpeter Miles Davis, double bassist Curley Russell and drummer Max Roach. Due to the absence of Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie was enlisted to play
Ko-Ko
Musical artist
Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Erroll Garner, Don Byas, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and Sidney Catlett. As the artistic director of the Royal Roost (a jazz
Monte_Kay
English actress, singer and author (born 1935)
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Julie_Andrews
1961 studio album by Max Roach
Percussion Bitter Sweet is an album by jazz drummer Max Roach recorded in 1961, released on Impulse! Records. It was trumpeter Booker Little's penultimate
Percussion_Bitter_Sweet
American rock band (1987–1994)
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Nirvana_(band)
1957 studio album by Max Roach
Jazz in ¾ Time is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in late 1956 and early 1957 and released on the EmArcy label.
Jazz_in_3/4_Time
American record label
LPs by many post-swing and bebop artists, including Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Kenny Drew, Dinah Washington, Nat Adderley, Cannonball Adderley, Ernestine
Mercury_Records
1955 studio album by Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Study in Brown (EmArcy Records, 1955) is a Clifford Brown and Max Roach album. The album consists predominantly of originals by members of the band. The
Study_in_Brown
American soul singer, songwriter and pastor (born 1946)
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Al_Green
English rock band
number 6 in the UK and number 16 in the US, and the concert film Live at the Max released in 1991. The tour was Bill Wyman's last. After years of deliberation
The_Rolling_Stones
American jazz trumpeter and composer (1928–1997)
as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Born in Pittsburgh
Tommy_Turrentine
Neighborhood in New York City
chair Max Roach (1924-2007), jazz dummer and composer, grew up at 541 Green Avenue; the intersection of Greenve and Marcy Avenues was renamed "Max Roach Way"
Bedford–Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn
American actress and singer (1922–2019)
Inc. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-89820-083-6. Hotchner 1975, p. 91. Gentry, Philip Max (2008). The Age of Anxiety: Music, Politics, and McCarthyism, 1948–1954.
Doris_Day
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
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Paul_Simon
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
collaborations with the saxophonist Sonny Rollins and the drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. In 1954, Monk participated in a Christmas Eve session, which produced
Thelonious_Monk
1973 studio album by Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
Daahoud is an album by Max Roach and Clifford Brown released on Mainstream Records in 1973 consisting of alternate takes of tracks recorded in 1954 for
Daahoud
American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004)
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Ray_Charles
American musician (1926–2017)
Wills 2008 Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs 2009 Gene Autry The Blind Boys of Alabama The Four Tops Hank
Chuck_Berry
American musical duo
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Simon_&_Garfunkel
1956 studio album by Clifford Brown
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone Kenny Drew – piano Curtis Counce – bass Max Roach – drums EmArcy Records discography accessed October 5, 2012 Yanow, S.
Best_Coast_Jazz
American musician (1936–2017)
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Glen_Campbell
Album by Herbie Nichols
Herbie Nichols – piano Al McKibbon – bass Max Roach – drums Herbie Nichols – piano Teddy Kotick – bass Max Roach – drums Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van
Herbie_Nichols_Trio
American jazz drummer (born 1968)
Joe Farnsworth returns to the Valley for a concert honoring his idol, Max Roach". 25 August 2023. "Time to swing: Jazz drummer and South Hadley native
Joe_Farnsworth
American singer and actor (1925–1990)
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Sammy_Davis_Jr.
American record label
founded in 1952 by bassist Charles Mingus, his wife Celia, and drummer Max Roach. This short-lived label was an attempt to avoid the compromises of working
Debut_Records
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
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Neil_Diamond
American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)
Wills 2008 Burt Bacharach The Band Cab Calloway Doris Day Itzhak Perlman Max Roach Earl Scruggs 2009 Gene Autry The Blind Boys of Alabama The Four Tops Hank
Otis_Redding
MAX ROACH
MAX ROACH
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French
Reference to the French Town Dax; Water; A Town in South-western France Dating from Before the Roman Occupation; Badger
Female
Vietnamese
 Vietnamese name MAI means "golden flower." Compare with another form of Mai.
Female
English
Short form of English Maggie, MAG means "pearl."
Male
Hebrew
Short form of Hebrew Immanuw'el (English Immanuel), MAN means "God is with us."
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Female
Japanese
(舞) Japanese name MAI means "dance." Compare with another form of Mai.
Female
English
 Possibly an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Meadhbh, MAB means "intoxicating." Short form of English Mabel, meaning "lovable."
Male
English
American English form of German Dachs, DAX means "badger."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Dack.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Dachs, from Middle High German dahs ‘badger’; hence a nickname for someone who hunted badgers or was thought to resemble the animal.French : habitational name, either from Dax in Landes or (with fused preposition d(e)) from Ax-les-Thermes in Ariège.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Jamaican, Latin, Swedish, Swiss
By the Great Stream; A Short Form of Maxwell; Greatest; Little Maximus
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Great
Female
English
Variant spelling of English May, a pet form of Margaret, MAE means "pearl," and Mary, meaning "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."
Boy/Male
Latin American Scottish
Greatest.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Matt, MAT means "gift of God."
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of German and Jewish Wachs.English
Variant spelling of German and Jewish Wachs.English : metonymic occupational name for a seller or gatherer of beeswax, Middle English wax (from Old English weax). In the Middle Ages wax was an important commodity, used among other things for making candles.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese
The Fifth Month of the Year; Kinswomen; May; The Month May was Goddess of Spring Growth; Bitter; Pearl; Beloved
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Scottish, Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese
May; Goddess of Spring Growth; Brightness; Dance; Coyote; Pearl; Cherry Blossom; Apricot Blossom; Combination of Ma and Ai; Scottish Form of Margaret
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Son of the handsome man.
Male
Egyptian
, Divine Father.
Male
Egyptian
, a chief of boatmen.
MAX ROACH
MAX ROACH
Girl/Female
Australian, German, Polish
Violet Flower; A Color
Boy/Male
Muslim
The self-existing by whom all subsist
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Witherington Down or Witherington Farm in Wiltshire, or Witherenden in Ticehurst, Sussex. The Wiltshire places are named from an Old English wīðign ‘willow copse’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’. Witherenden is from the Old English personal name Wither + -ing- denoting association with + denn ‘woodland pasture’.
Male
Danish
, Thor's bear.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Teutonic
Illustrious Pledge; Shining Pledge; Pledge; Bright Promise; Spanish Form of Gilbert Hostage
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Supreme Amongst Braves
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. The surname coincides in form with Latin virgo, genitive virginis ‘maiden’, from which is derived (via Old French) modern English virgin. It is possible that the surname was originally a nickname for someone who had played the part of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a mystery play. Alternatively, it may have been a nickname for a shy or girlish young man, or possibly ironically for a lecher.
Boy/Male
English
Wise or red haired man.
Boy/Male
Hindu
God of Love, Lord of the world
Girl/Female
Muslim
Purity, Righteousness, Honesty, Chest
MAX ROACH
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n.
A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
v. i.
To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.
v. t.
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
n.
The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
n.
Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
superl.
Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
n.
A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
v. i.
To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
v. i.
To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding.
v. t.
To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
n.
A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
n.
A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
n.
Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
v. t.
To make mad or furious; to madden.
n.
A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
n.
To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.
superl.
Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.
n.
The merrymaking of May Day.
v. t.
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.