Jazz Drummer Max Roach Dead at 83

I learned from one of the law blogs i read that Max Roach, Jazz Great Dies at 83. That page has some youtube clips of him. Roach was one of the best drummers of all time. I saw him play a few years ago at Regattabar. He walked out very slowly and then slid into his drum kit like it was his second skin. He had lost a bit of his speed but was still amazing.

He played on many of the great jazz albums, try (these are iTunes links) Money Jungle, Jazz at Massey Hall or any of the albums of his quartet with the great Clifford Brown.