M'Boom

M'Boom
Genres	Jazz
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Baystate, Columbia, Soul Note, Blue Moon
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

Present Members

• Joe Chambers
• Warren Smith
• Ray Mantilla
• Bobby Sanabria

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 were/are percussionists, and they used a variety of instruments besides the drums, such as 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