I watched and heard Max Roach perform, up close, in a Seattle jazz club...Phenomenal...
My favorite Max Roach story is when he punched Ornette Coleman in the mouth after hearing one of his concerts.
I don’t know a lot about drumming but I once went to a concert that I thought was going to be classical music. It turned out to be very different and I had the opportunity to see/hear/feel a dueling drum performance of Buddy Rich and Louis Belson. The concert was at the Berklee School of Music and many students were there. I have to say it was an amazing experience.