Max Roach's snare drum was just the right punctuation for greats like Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie. No percussionist could sing through their drums quite like Max Roach. Roach, along with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, and Charlie Mingus played on Jazz At Massey Hall, a live recording from 1953 which is considered the greatest live jazz recording ever.
He has always been one of my favorite drummers as well as Elvin Jones. Roach was instrumental to the formation of bebop. He was the dean of jazz drummers.
Roach also provided the beats for the groundbreaking Birth of the Cool sessions.
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