M'Boom

{{Short description|American jazz percussion ensemble}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = M'Boom

| image = MBoom workshop Percussion, Relationship to Improvisation, 1974 January 26 at Amherst College.jpeg

| caption = M'Boom at a jazz workshop at hosted by Amherst University, January 26, 1974

| background = group_or_band

| origin =

| genre = Jazz

| years_active = 1970–1990s

| label = Baystate, Columbia, Soul Note, Blue Moon

| past_members = * Joe Chambers

| current_members = * Joe Chambers

}}

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 are and always have been percussionists, employing numerous percussion instruments besides the drums. These include bells, gongs, marimba, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, and musical saw.{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=M'Boom {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mboom-mn0000808459/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=18 December 2016}}

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