Category:Drummers

Jazz drummers' play percussion (predominantly the drum set) in jazz, jazz fusion, and other jazz subgenres such as latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 1900s, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Jazz required a method of playing percussion different from traditional European styles, one that was easily adaptable to the different rhythms of the new genre, fostering the creation of jazz drumming's hybrid technique. As each period in the evolution of jazz&mdash;swing and bebop, for example&mdash;tended to have its own rhythmic style, jazz drumming continued to evolve along with the music. In the 1970s and 1980s, jazz drumming incorporated elements of rock and latin styles.

Notable jazz drummers include:

A

 * Brian Abrahams
 * Alex Acuña
 * Rashied Ali
 * Don Alias
 * Carl Allen
 * Barry Altschul
 * Leon Anderson
 * Steve Argüelles
 * John Armatage
 * Joe Ascione

B

 * Colin Bailey
 * Dave Bailey
 * Donald Bailey
 * Ginger Baker
 * Newman Taylor Baker
 * Butch Ballard
 * Tom Bancroft
 * Louis Barbarin
 * Paul Barbarin
 * Danny Barcelona
 * Joey Baron
 * Ray Barretto
 * Ray Bauduc
 * Louie Bellson
 * Warren Benbow
 * Gregg Bendian
 * Tommy Benford
 * Han Bennink
 * Black Benny
 * Chief Bey
 * Jim Black
 * Cindy Blackman
 * Ed Blackwell
 * Brian Blade
 * Art Blakey
 * Johnny Blowers
 * Geoff Bowen
 * Tiny Bradshaw
 * Anthony Brown
 * Guillermo E. Brown
 * Bill Bruford
 * Larry Bunker
 * Dominik Burkhalter
 * Frank Butler

C

 * Candido Camero
 * Terri Lyne Carrington
 * Michael Carvin
 * Sid Catlett
 * Nick Ceroli
 * Dennis Chambers
 * Joe Chambers
 * Jim Chapin
 * Dennis Charles
 * Jon Christensen
 * Kenny Clare
 * Mike Clark
 * Kenny Clarke
 * Gerald Cleaver
 * Jimmy Cobb
 * Billy Cobham
 * Vinnie Colaiuta
 * Cozy Cole
 * Clark Coolidge
 * Pierre Courbois
 * Tony Crombie
 * Stanley Crouch
 * Adam Cruz
 * Andrew Cyrille

D

 * Quincy Davis
 * Roy Davis
 * Alan Dawson
 * Jack DeJohnette
 * Buddy Deppenschmidt
 * Whit Dickey
 * Baby Dodds
 * Bill Dowdy
 * Hamid Drake
 * Martin Drew
 * Buzzy Drootin
 * Joe DeRenzo

E

 * Peter Erskine

F

 * Chuck Flores
 * Al Foster
 * Vernel Fournier
 * David "Panama" Francis
 * Future Man

G

 * Steve Gadd
 * Rich Galichon
 * Stéphane Galland
 * Alvester Garnett
 * Peter Giger
 * Paul Goldberg
 * Danny Gottlieb
 * Bobby Graham
 * Milford Graves
 * Rodney Green

H

 * Omar Hakim
 * Dana Hall
 * Tubby Hall
 * Chico Hamilton
 * Jeff Hamilton
 * Jake Hanna
 * Eric Harland
 * Beaver Harris
 * Gavin Harrison
 * Billy Hart
 * Manfred Hausleitner
 * Roy Haynes
 * J. C. Heard
 * Albert "Tootie" Heath
 * Gerry Hemingway
 * Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
 * Billy Higgins
 * Ari Hoenig
 * William Hooker
 * Stix Hooper
 * Gary Husband
 * Roger Humphries

I

 * Susie Ibarra

J

 * Ronald Shannon Jackson
 * Marcin Jahr
 * Clifford Jarvis
 * Dink Johnson
 * Gus Johnson
 * Elvin Jones
 * Jo Jones
 * Philly Joe Jones
 * Rusty Jones

K

 * Chris Karan
 * Manu Katché
 * Connie Kay
 * Johnny Klein
 * Gene Krupa
 * David King

L

 * Joe LaBarbera
 * Thomas Lang
 * Pete La Roca
 * Papa Jack Laine
 * Stan Levey
 * Torstein Lofthus
 * Mel Lewis

M

 * Ray McKinley
 * William McKinney
 * Shelly Manne
 * Larance Marable
 * Jason Marsalis
 * Barrett Martin
 * Billy Martin
 * Harvey Mason
 * Marilyn Mazur
 * Butch Miles
 * Charles Moffett
 * Louis Moholo
 * T.S. Monk
 * Airto Moreira
 * Joe Morello
 * Paul Motian
 * Alphonse Mouzon
 * Idris Muhammad
 * Günter Müller
 * Don Mumford
 * Sunny Murray

N

 * Lewis Nash
 * Adam Nussbaum
 * Paal Nilssen-Love

O

 * Tiger Onitsuka
 * Tony Oxley

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P

 * Earl Palmer
 * Sonny Payne
 * Paul Peress
 * Charlie Persip
 * Ben Pollack
 * Joe Porcaro
 * Richie Pratt
 * Bobby Previte
 * Bernard Purdie

R

 * Ray Bauduc
 * Buddy Rich
 * Dannie Richmond
 * Alex Riel
 * Karriem Riggins
 * Ben Riley
 * Herlin Riley
 * John Riley
 * Max Roach
 * David Rokeach
 * Jay Rosen
 * Hal Russell

S

 * Antonio Sanchez
 * Aaron Scott
 * Kendrick Scott
 * Phil Seamen
 * Ed Shaughnessy
 * Pete Sims
 * Zutty Singleton
 * Marvin Smith
 * Michael S. Smith
 * Steve Smith
 * Ed Soph
 * Stewie Speer
 * Ronnie Stephenson
 * John Stevens
 * Ragbaby Stevens
 * Bill Stewart
 * Alvin Stoller

T

 * Tani Tabbal
 * Grady Tate
 * Art Taylor
 * Chester Thompson
 * Dave Tough
 * Ed Thigpen
 * Cal Tjader

V

 * Vinson Valega
 * Edward Vesala

W

 * Chad Wackerman
 * Kenny Washington
 * Andrew Isaac Walker
 * Jeff 'Tain' Watts
 * Chick Webb
 * Dave Weckl
 * Paul Wertico
 * Lenny White
 * Maurice White
 * Johnny Williams
 * Tony Williams