Max's many years of working in the studios have given him the opportunity to exercise his affinity for rock 'n' roll, blues, jazz and funk.

The list of outstanding artists with whom Max has recorded includes:

1949   Herbie Fields - Live At The Flame Club, St. Paul 1949
1950   Georgie Auld Quintet - Airmail Special
1953   The Best of Sauter-Finegan - The Original Doodletown Fifers
1954   Frank Rosolino - Frank Rosolino
1954   Boots Mussulli and Ray Santisi Trio
1954   West Coasting with Conte Candoli and Stan Levey
1954   Conte Candoli - Sincerely, Conte Candoli
1954   Stan Levey Plays The Compositions Of Bill Holman, Bob Cooper & Jimmy Giuffre
1955   Stan Kenton - Contemporary Concepts
1955   Helen Carr - Helen Carr
1955   Bob Cooper - Shifting Winds
1955   Frank Rosolino - Frankly Speaking
1955   Charlie Mariano Quartet
1955   Charlie Mariano Plays
1955   The Max Bennett Quartet
1955   The Max Bennett Quintet
1955   The Max Bennett Septet
1955   Stu Williamson Quintet - Sapphire
1955   Bob Hardaway Quintet - Lou's Blue
1955   Bobby Scott Octet - The Compositions of Bobby Scott
1955   Russ Garcia Nonet – Wigville
1956   Jack Montrose - Blues and Vanilla
1956   Jack Montrose - Horn's Full 
1956   Ella Fitzgerald - For the Love of Ella
1956   Peggy Connelly With Russ Garcia Orchestra - That Old Black Magic
1956   Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire
1956   Max Bennett Septet, Quartet and Trio
1956   Max Bennett Sextet: Johnny Jaguar
1956   Mel Tormé and The Marty Paich Dek-tette
1956   Mel Tormé - Complete Porgy and Bess 
1956   Maynard Ferguson plays Bill Holman’s Arrangements
1957   Jackie and Roy - Free and Easy w/Bill Holman’s Orchestra
1957   Delightful Doris Drew
1957   Terry Gibbs - Jazz Band Ball
1957   Lou Levy - A Most Musical Fella 
1957   Mel Tormé - At the Crescendo
1957   Mel Tormé - California Suite
1957   Mel Tormé - Songs For Any Taste
1957   Frances Faye Sings Folk Songs
1957   Frank Rosolino Quintet
1957   Mel Tormé - Complete Porgy and Bess
1957   The James Dean Story
1958   Vito Price - Swingin' the Loop
1958   Bill Holman - Fabulous Bill Holman
1958   Bob Cooper - Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper 
1958   Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
1959   Terry Gibbs - Dream Band, Vol. 1 
1959   Terry Gibbs - Dream Band, Vol. 3: Flying Home
1959   Terry Gibbs - Launching a New Sound in Music
1959   Terry Gibbs - Flying Home
1959   Lou Levy Plays Baby Grand Jazz

1960   Bobby Darin - This is Darin
1960   Coleman Hawkins - Bean Stalkin'
1960   Peggy Lee - Latin ala Lee!
1961   Peggy Lee - Live at Basin Street East
1961   Peggy Lee - Blues Cross Country
1961   Bobby Darin - The Shadow of Your Smile
1962   Laurindo Almeida - Viva Bossa Nova
1962   Laurindo Almeida - Olé Bossa Nova
1962   Peggy Lee - Sugar 'n' Spice
1963   Laurindo Almeida - It’s a Bossa Nova World
1963   Peggy Lee - Mink Jazz
1963   Lou Levy - Hymn
1964   Howard Roberts - Something's Cookin'
1964   Peggy Lee - In Love Again
1965   Howard Roberts - Goodies
1965   Cannonball Adderley - Domination (Bonus tracks)
1965   Tom Scott - Honeysuckle Breeze
1967   Big Band 1967 (Various - Charlie Barnet)
1967   Joe Torres - Latino con Soul
1968   Lalo Schifrin - There’s a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin’ On
1968   The Monkees - Head
1968   Jimmy Rowles - Our Delight     
1968   The Monkees - Birds, the Bees & The Monkees (Grammy® winner, platinum)
1968   Henry Mancini - Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini     
1968   Graham Bond - Mighty Graham Bond
1968   Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt, Music from the Motion Picture
1968   Carmen McRae - The Sound of Silence
1969   Bobby “Blue” Bland - Spotlighting The Man 
1969   Big Joe Turner - Bosses of The Blues, Vol. 1
1969   Ron Anthony - Oh! Calcutta! 
1969   The Monkees - Instant Replay
1969   Elvis Presley - The Trouble with Girls 
1969   The Monkees - Monkees Present
1969   Frank Zappa - Hot Rats  
1969   T-Bone Walker - Everyday I have the Blues
1969   Elvis Presley - Change of Habit

1970   Otis Spann - Sweet Giant of the Blues
1970   Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder
1970   Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge
1970   The Partridge Family - The Partridge Family Album (Grammy® winner)
1971   Harry Nilsson - Point!
1971   Howard Roberts - Antelope Freeway 
1971   England Dan & John Ford Coley - Fables
1971   Michael Nesmith - Nevada Fighter
1971   The Partridge Family - Partridge Family Sound Magazine (Grammy® winner)
1971   Bobby Bryant - Swahili Strut
1971   Leonard Feather - Night Blooming Jazzmen
1971   Lalo Schifrin - Rock Requiem
1971   Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (Grammy® winner)
1971   Cat Stevens - Peace Train
1971   Lalo Schifrin - Dirty Harry
1972   Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues
1972   Henry Gross - Henry Gross
1972   Partridge Family - Partridge Family Notebook
1972   The Partridge Family - At Home with Their Greatest Hits (Grammy® winner)
1972   Jim Horn - Through the Eye
1972   Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
1972   Barbara Keith - Barbara Keith
1972   David Cassidy - Cherish (Grammy® winner)
1972   Kenny Rankin - Like a Seed 
1972   Arlo Guthrie - Hobo's Lullaby
1973   Lalo Schifrin - Enter the Dragon
1973   The Partridge Family - Crossword Puzzle
1973   Larry Carlton - Singing Playing
1973   Mike Deasy - Letters to My Mind 
1973   Fifth Dimension - Living Together, Growing Together
1973   Michael Franks - Michael Franks 
1973   Lulu - Make believe World 
1973   Bobby "Blue" Bland - His California Album 
1973   John Hurley - Children's Dreams 
1973   John Lovick Turner - John Lovick Turner
1973   T-Bone Walker - Very Rare
1973   Crusaders - Unsung Heroes 
1974   George Harrison - Dark Horse (Grammy® winner)
1974   Martin & Finley - Dazzle 'em With Footwork 
1974   Paul Horn - Visions 
1974   Jim Sullins - Inside Thunder Outside Laughing 
1974   Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark (Grammy® winner, 2x multi-platinum)
1974   Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles (Grammy® winner)
1974   Tom Scott & LA Express 
1974   Barbra Streisand - Butterfly (Grammy® winner)
1974   Phantom of The Paradise Theater
1974   Quincy Jones - Body Heat (Grammy® winner)
1974   Tom Scott & LA Express - Tom Cat
1975   Elkie Brooks - Rich Man’s Woman
1975   Four Tops - Night Lights Harmony
1975   Art Garfunkel - Breakaway (Grammy® winner, platinum)
1975   Shawn Phillips - Do You Wonder
1975   Lalo Schifrin - The Master Gunfighter
1975   David Blue - Com'n Back for More
1975   Quincy Jones - Mellow Madness 
1975   Fire and Rain - Living Together 
1975   Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns (Grammy® winner)
1975   Kenny Rankin - Inside
1975   José Feliciano - Just Wanna Rock 'n' Roll 
1975   Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (Grammy® winner)
1975   Crusaders - Scratch
1976   Ray Charles & Cleo Laine - Porgy & Bess
1976   England Dan & John Ford Coley - I Hear Music
1976   Buffy Sainte-Marie - Sweet America 
1976   Errol Sober - Day Dreamer
1976   LA Express - LA Express
1976   LA Express - Shadow Play 
1976   Stephen Bishop - Careless
1976   Joni Mitchell - Hejira (Grammy® winner)
1977   Terence Boylan - Terence Boylan
1977   Tom Pacheco - Outsider 
1977   Libby Titus - Libby Titus 
1977   Walter Murphy - Rhapsody in Blue
1977   Hoyt Axton - Road Songs 
1977   Larry Groce - Please Take Me Back 
1977   Perry Botkin, Jr. - Ports 
1977   Bette Midler - Broken Blossom 
1978   Olivia Newton-John - Grease (Grammy® winner, 8x multi-platinum)
1978   Neil Norman - Not of this Earth 
1978   Frank Zappa - Studio Tan
1979   Peggy Lee - Close Enough For Love

1980   Tom Scott - The Best of Tom Scott
1982   Michael McDonald - If That’s What it Takes
1983   Michael Franks - Previously Unavailable 
1985   Victor Feldman - High Visibility 
1988   Sam Riney - Lay It On The Line

1991   Monkees - Listen to The Band 
1991   Billy Eckstine - Billy Eckstine 
1992   Blue Berlin - Blue Berlin 
1992   Jazz 'Round Midnight: Trumpet
1992   And The Winner Is...Capitol Sings 
1992   Essential American Singers 
1993   Max Bennett - Great Expectations
1994   Stephen Bishop - On & On: Best of Stephen Bishop
1994   Partridge Family - Partridge Family Shopping Bag (Grammy® winner)
1994   Ruben Romero - Collection 
1995   Partridge Family - Partridge Family Christmas Card (Grammy® winner)
1995   Peggy Lee - Spotlight on Peggy Lee (conductor) 
1995   Benny Goodman - King of Swing 1958-1967
1995   Monkees - Greatest Hits (Grammy® winner)
1996   Crusaders - Way Back Home
1996   Frank Zappa - The Lost Episodes
1996   Frank Zappa - Lather
1996   Monkees - Missing Links, Vol. 3 
1996   Mel Tormé Collection 
1996   Masters of Jazz, Vol.4 - Big Bands
1996   Kenny Rankin - Peaceful: The Best of Kenny Rankin 
1996   Joni Mitchell - Hits 
1996   Joni Mitchell - Misses 
1996   Jazz Big Names, Vol. 2
1997   Victor Feldman - Fiesta & More
1997   Jimmy Rowles - Our Delight
1997   Jackie & Roy - ABC Paramount Years 
1997   Frank Zappa - Strictly Genteel
1997   Max Bennett - Private Reserve
1997   Stan Kenton - Jazz Profile 
1998   Max Bennett - People & Places
1998   Don Everly - Sunset Towers
1998   Johnny Hartman - Collection: 1947-1972

2000   Rosemary Clooney - Many a Wonderful Moment
2000   The Friends of Distinction - Grazin'/Highly Distinct
2001   Dean Martin - Lay Some Happiness On Me: The Reprise Years
2002   Terry Gibbs, Dream Band, Vol. 6: One More Time
2002   Harry Nilsson - Greatest Hits
2002   Percy Faith - Complete, Vol. 1
2003   Glen Campbell - Legacy 1961-2002
2003   Mac Wiseman - 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951-1964
2004   Frank Zappa - Quaudiophiliac
2005   Joni Mitchell - Songs of a Prairie Girl
2007   Dan Carlin - Prowlin’
2008   Hoyt Axton - Southbound/Fearless
2009   Elvis Presley - I Believe: The Gospel Masters
2010   Dan Carlin - Street Talk
2010   Dan Carlin - Coast 2 Coast

A talented instrumental and lyric writer, Max has composed over 250 songs; many have been recorded by a variety of artists including Max.

Max has performed in concert with many great artists including:

• Billie Holiday
• Aretha Franklin
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Miles Davis
• Charlie Parker
• Coleman Hawkins
• Joni Mitchell
• Peggy Lee
• Michele LeGrande
• Frank Sinatra
• Frank Zappa
• Mel Tormé
• The Crusaders
• Stan Getz
• Henry Mancini
• Nelson Riddle
• Billy Eckstine
• Roger Miller

Recorded with Motown greats such as:

• Marvin Gaye
• Diana Ross
• The Temptations
• The Four Tops
• Fats Domino
• Chuck Berry

His association with multi-Grammy® winner Joni Mitchell produced:

Court & Spark, 2x Platinum; Miles of Aisles, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, and Hejira, each of which went Gold. Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time listed "Help Me", from Court & Spark, at #282.

The band Max is most known for is LA Express.

Created by Max and Tom Scott along with members Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, and John Guerin, Tom Scott and LA Express became world-renowned on the contemporary jazz scene. They released two albums with Tom Scott as leader and two as LA Express.

Max's many television credits include:

• Mission: Impossible
• The Odd Couple
• Bill Cosby
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• Love American Style
• Hawaii Five-O
• The Love Boat
• I Dream of Jeannie

Live television appearances include:

• The Red Skelton Hour
• The Judy Garland Show
• The Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald
• The Danny Kaye Show
• The Smothers Brothers with Peggy Lee
• Tony Orlando
• The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
• The Oscars
• The Grammy Awards
• The Easter Seals Telethon
• The Ed Sullivan Show

He also recorded music for hundreds of movies including:

• Magnum Force
• Dirty Harry
• Bullitt
• The Trouble with Girls - Elvis Presley
• Oh God
• The Exorcist
• The James Dean Story
• Grease
• Enter the Dragon
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Lady Sings the Blues
• Rock Requiem (Lalo Schifrin)

And played on countless TV, film & motion picture soundtracks written by:

• Michele Legrande
• Nelson Riddle
• Michele Columbie
• Quincy Jones
• Tom Scott
• John Williams
• Henry Mancini
• Lalo Schifrin
• Johnny Mandel
• Charlie Fox
• Artie Butler
• Billy Byers
• Elmer Bernstein
• Michael Melvoin

Max was also a member of The Wrecking Crew. From Wikipedia:

The Wrecking Crew was a nickname coined by the drummer Hal Blaine after the fact for a group of session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who earned wide acclaim in the 1960s. They backed dozens of popular singers, and were one of the most successful "groups" of studio musicians in music history.

The Wrecking Crew's members typically had backgrounds in jazz or classical music, but were highly versatile. The talents of this group of 'first call' players were used on almost every style of recording, including television theme songs, film scores, advertising jingles and almost every genre of American popular music, from The Monkees to Bing Crosby. Notable artists employing the Wrecking Crew's talents included Nancy Sinatra, Bobby Vee, The Partridge Family, The Mamas & the Papas, The Carpenters, The 5th Dimension, John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel...

Members of 'The Wrecking Crew' included:

GUITAR
Glen Campbell, Barney Kessel, Tommy Tedesco, Al Casey, Carol Kaye, Billy Strange, Don Peake, Howard Roberts, James Burton, Jerry Cole, Bill Aken, Mike Deasy, Ray Pohlman, Bill Pitman

SAXOPHONE
Steve Douglas, Jay Migliori, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Nino Tempo, Gene Cipriano

TRUMPET
Roy Caton (contractor), Tony Terran, Ollie Mitchell

TROMBONE
Lou Blackburn, Richard "Slyde" Hyde, Lew McCreary

KEYBOARDS
Leon Russell, Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John), Mike Melvoin, Don Randi, Larry Knechtel, Al Delory, Mike (Michel) Rubini

BASS
Carol Kaye, Joe Osborn, Max Bennett, Chuck Berghofer, Ray Pohlman, Larry Knechtel, Lyle Ritz, Jimmy Bond (007), Bill Pitman

DRUMS
Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, Jim Gordon

PERCUSSION
Julius Wechter, Gary L. Coleman, Frank Capp (contractor)

CONDUCTOR/ARRANGER
Jack Nitzsche

HARMONICA
Tommy Morgan

The Ron Hicklin Singers often performed backup vocals on many of the same songs on which The Wrecking Crew had played instrumental tracks.