Jazz drummers

Amy Winehouse 1983–2011 · English singer-songwriter (1983–2011) Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993) Phil Collins b. 1951 · English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951) Chick Corea 1941–2021 · American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and… Al Jarreau 1940–2017 · American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017) Bobby Darin 1936–1973 · American singer and actor (1936–1973) Charlie Watts 1941–2021 · British drummer (1941–2021) Karen Carpenter 1950–1983 · American singer and drummer (1950–1983) Lionel Hampton 1908–2002 · American jazz musician (1908–2002) Max Roach 1924–2007 · American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer… Art Blakey 1919–1990 · American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990) Pat Metheny b. 1954 · American jazz musician Ginger Baker 1939–2019 · British drummer (1939–2019) Buddy Rich 1917–1987 · American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917–1987) Neil Peart 1952–2020 · Canadian-American drummer and lyricist (1952–2020) Klaus Doldinger 1936–2025 · German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist… Jan Hammer b. 1948 · Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer Kenny Clarke 1914–1985 · American jazz drummer (1914–1985) Roy Haynes 1925–2024 · American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024) Elvin Jones 1927–2004 · American jazz drummer (1927–2004) Gene Krupa 1909–1973 · American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973) J. J. Johnson 1924–2001 · American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924–2001) Mel Tormé 1925–1999 · American recording artist (1925–1999) Bill Bruford b. 1949 · English drummer Billy Cobham b. 1944 · Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944) Jimmy Cobb 1929–2020 · American jazz drummer (1929–2020) Jack DeJohnette 1942–2025 · American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer (1942–2025) Terri Lyne Carrington b. 1965 · American drummer (born 1965) Simon Phillips b. 1957 · English drummer (born 1957) Vagif Mustafazadeh 1940–1979 · Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979) Stoyan Yankulov b. 1966 · Bulgarian drummer Jamie Cullum b. 1979 · English jazz singer and pianist Michael Brecker 1949–2007 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1949-2007) Eliane Elias b. 1960 · Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter… Tony Williams 1945–1997 · American jazz drummer (1945–1997) Chico Hamilton 1921–2013 · American musician (1921–2013) Steve Gadd b. 1945 · American jazz drummer, percussionist and session musician… Manu Katché b. 1958 · French drummer, studio musician, composer, singer… Jimmy Chamberlin b. 1964 · American drummer and record producer Peter Erskine b. 1954 · American musician Airto Moreira b. 1941 · Brazilian drummer and percussionist Albert Heath 1935–2024 · American drummer (1935–2024) Jo Jones 1911–1985 · American jazz drummer (1911–1985) Philly Joe Jones 1923–1985 · American jazz drummer (1923–1985) Marilyn Mazur 1955–2025 · Danish musician (1955–2025) Spike Jones 1911–1965 · American musician and band leader (1911-1965) Randy Brecker b. 1945 · American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-) JP Jeff Porcaro 1954–1992 · American drummer (1954–1992) Louie Bellson 1924–2009 · American jazz drummer (1924–2009) Lester Bowie 1941–1999 · American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999) Dave Weckl b. 1960 · American musician Vinnie Colaiuta b. 1956 · American drummer Steve Jordan b. 1957 · American producer, musical director and musician Billy Higgins 1936–2001 · American jazz drummer (1936–2001) Paul Motian 1931–2011 · American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer… Jaki Liebezeit 1938–2017 · German musician (1938-2017) Joe Morello 1928–2011 · American jazz drummer (1928–2011) Al Foster 1943–2025 · American musician CW Chick Webb 1909–1939 · American musician (1905–1939) Cindy Blackman b. 1959 · American musician Connie Kay 1927–1994 · American drummer (1927–1994) Baby Dodds 1898–1959 · American musician (1898–1959) Shelly Manne 1920–1984 · American jazz drummer (1920–1984) Chester Thompson b. 1948 · American drummer Billy Hart b. 1940 · American jazz drummer Harvey Mason b. 1947 · American jazz drummer Jon Hiseman 1944–2018 · English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018) Trilok Gurtu b. 1951 · Indian musician Ed Thigpen 1930–2010 · American jazz drummer (1930–2010) Ikue Mori b. 1953 · drummer, electronic musician and composer Joey Baron b. 1955 · American avant-garde jazz drummer Steve Smith b. 1954 · American drummer Brian Blade b. 1970 · American jazz drummer Dennis Chambers b. 1959 · American drummer Art Taylor 1929–1995 · American jazz drummer (1929-1995) Antonio Sánchez b. 1971 · Mexican jazz drummer Omar Hakim b. 1959 · musician Alex Acuña b. 1944 · Peruvian musician Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924–2005 · American blues musician (1924-2005) Mel Lewis 1929–1990 · American musician (1929–1990) Rashied Ali 1933–2009 · American jazz musician (1933–2009) Rod Morgenstein b. 1953 · American drummer Earl Palmer 1924–2008 · American drummer (1924–2008) Andrew Cyrille b. 1939 · American avant-garde jazz drummer Louis Hayes b. 1937 · American drummer Paulinho da Costa b. 1948 · Brazilian musician Christian Vander b. 1948 · French musician Jon Christensen 1943–2020 · Norwegian jazz musician (1943–2020) Grady Tate 1932–2017 · American jazz musician (1932–2017) Victor Bailey 1960–2016 · American musician (1960–2016) Willie Bobo 1934–1983 · American jazz percussionist (1934–1983) Sonny Greer 1895–1982 · American jazz drummer (1895–1982) Jeff "Tain" Watts b. 1960 · American musician Jeff Hamilton b. 1953 · American musician Victor Feldman 1934–1987 · English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist… Tony Oxley 1938–2023 · British drummer (1938–2023) Sunny Murray 1937–2017 · American jazz drummer (1936–2017) Lenny White b. 1949 · American drummer Pierre Moerlen 1952–2005 · French musician (1952-2005) Han Bennink b. 1942 · Dutch musician (born 1942) Daniel Humair b. 1938 · Swiss drummer and painter (born 1938) Bernard Purdie b. 1939 · American R&B, soul and funk drummer Mickey Roker 1932–2017 · American jazz drummer (1932–2017) JM Jamie Muir 1942–2025 · British musician (1942–2025) Will Calhoun b. 1964 · American musician Papa Jack Laine 1873–1966 · American musician (1873-1966) Zutty Singleton 1898–1975 · American jazz drummer (1898-1975) Mino Cinelu b. 1957 · French musician Aldo Romano b. 1941 · French-Italian jazz drummer (1941-) Poncho Sanchez b. 1951 · American musician Thomas Lang b. 1967 · Austrian drummer Ben Pollack 1903–1971 · American musician (1903-1971) VS Viola Smith 1912–2020 · American musician (1912-2020) Chad Wackerman b. 1960 · American drummer Eddie Locke 1930–2009 · American musician (1930–2009) Ronald Shannon Jackson 1940–2013 · American jazz drummer (1940–2013) Idris Muhammad 1939–2014 · American drummer (1939-2014) Ed Shaughnessy 1929–2013 · American jazz drummer (1929–2013) Horacio Hernandez b. 1963 · Cuban musician Ed Mann 1954–2024 · American musician (1954–2024) Bill Stewart b. 1966 · American jazz drummer Sid Catlett 1910–1951 · American musician (1910–1951) JC Joe Chambers 1942–2022 · American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer Jeff Ballard b. 1963 · American jazz drummer Dannie Richmond 1935–1988 · American drummer Teddy Edwards 1924–2003 · American jazz tenor saxophonist Barrett Deems 1914–1998 · American musician (1914–1998) Coco Schumann 1924–2018 · German jazz musician (1924–2018) Milford Graves 1941–2021 · American jazz drummer and percussionist (1941-2021) PL Pete La Roca 1938–2012 · American drummer (1938–2012) Barry Altschul b. 1943 · American drummer Joe LaBarbera b. 1948 · American musician Edward Vesala 1945–1999 · Finnish musician (1945-1999) Keith Carlock b. 1971 · American musician Leon Chancler 1952–2018 · American musician (1952–2018) Ray McKinley 1910–1995 · American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader (1910-1995) Ben Riley 1933–2017 · American drummer (1933–2017) Mark Guiliana b. 1980 · American drummer Günter Sommer b. 1943 · German jazz drummer and percussionist, composer and music… Gregg Bissonette b. 1959 · American drummer Peter Appleyard 1928–2013 · Canadian vibraphonist (1928–2013) Thomas Danneberg 1942–2023 · German actor (1942–2023) DG Danny Gottlieb b. 1953 · American drummer Norman Connors b. 1947 · American musician Jojo Mayer b. 1963 · Swiss virtuoso drummer PP Pip Pyle 1950–2006 · English drummer (1950–2006) Jai Johanny Johanson b. 1944 · American drummer and percussionist Jim Chapin 1919–2009 · American musician (1919–2009) Denzil Best 1917–1965 · American jazz drummer (1917–1965) Akira Jimbo b. 1959 · Japanese drummer (1959-) Tony Sbarbaro 1897–1969 · American jazz drummer (1897-1969) EB Ed Blackwell 1929–1992 · American jazz drummer (1929–1992) Benny Greb b. 1980 · German drummer Andy Narell b. 1954 · American musician Susie Ibarra b. 1970 · American musician John Marshall 1941–2023 · British drummer (1941–2023) Alphonse Mouzon 1948–2016 · American musician (1948-2016) LB Larry Bunker 1928–2005 · American musician (1928–2005) DA Don Alias 1939–2006 · American jazz percussionist (1939–2006) Bobby Previte b. 1951 · American drummer Magnus Öström b. 1965 · Swedish drummer Chuck Burgi b. 1952 · American musician Paolo Vinaccia 1954–2019 · Italian-Norwegian jazz musician, percussionist Ricky Lawson 1954–2013 · American drummer (1954–2013) Anthony Coleman b. 1955 · American musician Mike Clark b. 1946 · American jazz musician Alvin Queen b. 1950 · American drummer Terje Isungset b. 1964 · Norwegian musician and composer Lewis Nash b. 1958 · American drummer Roy Brooks 1938–2005 · American drummer (1938–2005) Bob Moses b. 1948 · American musician OJ Osie Johnson 1923–1966 · American jazz drummer, arranger and singer (1923–1966) Roberto Gatto b. 1958 · Italian musician Roy Milton 1907–1983 · American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader Ari Hoenig b. 1973 · American musician Jim Black b. 1967 · American jazz drummer PW Paul Wertico b. 1953 · American drummer Moustache 1929–1987 · French jazz drummer and actor (1929–1987) Tom Skinner b. 1980 · British jazz musician Paul Lytton b. 1947 · British musician Pierre van der Linden b. 1946 · Dutch musician J. C. Heard 1917–1988 · American musician (1917–1988) Jake Hanna 1931–2010 · American drummer (1931–2010) Eric Harland b. 1978 · American musician Don Moye b. 1946 · American percussionist Abe Lyman 1897–1957 · American bandleader, songwriter Mo Foster 1944–2023 · British session musician, playing primarily jazz… Scott Amendola b. 1969 · musician Tullio De Piscopo b. 1946 · Italian drummer, percussionist and singer. Lionel Batiste 1931–2012 · American jazz and blues musician (1931–2012) Louis Cole b. 1986 · American musician Paal Nilssen-Love b. 1974 · Norwegian jazz drummer Okay Temiz b. 1939 · Turkish musician (born 1939) Jason Marsalis b. 1977 · American drummer Vernel Fournier 1928–2000 · American musician (1928-2000) Stanton Moore b. 1972 · American funk, jazz, and rock drummer Steve Reid 1944–2010 · American musician (1944-2010) Gus Johnson 1913–2000 · American musician (1913–2000) Ches Smith b. 2000 · American musician MB Milton Banana 1935–1999 · Brazilian musician (1935–1999) Herlin Riley b. 1957 · American musician Sam Woodyard 1925–1988 · American jazz drummer (1925–1988) Steve Williams b. 1956 · American jazz drummer John Guerin 1939–2004 · American drummer Dick Berk 1939–2014 · American drummer (1939–2014) Ingar Zach b. 1971 · Norwegian percussionist and businessman Paul Barbarin 1899–1969 · American musician (1899–1969) Tiny Kahn 1924–1953 · American drummer (1924–1953) Louis Moholo 1940–2025 · South African jazz musician Alan Dawson 1929–1996 · American musician (1929–1996) Tommy Vig b. 1938 · Hungarian percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer FG Freddie Gruber 1927–2011 · Jazz drummer (1927–2011) Stix Hooper b. 1938 · American musician Tony Levin 1940–2011 · English jazz drummer (1940–2011) Walter Perkins 1932–2004 · American drummer (1932–2004) Dave Tough 1907–1948 · American drummer (1907–1948) LA Laurie Allan b. 1943 · English drummer Ray Bauduc 1906–1988 · American musician Bernard Lubat b. 1945 · French jazz musician Nate Smith b. 1974 · American jazz drummer, composer, and music executive BB Butch Ballard 1918–2011 · American jazz drummer Paul Lovens b. 1949 · German musician John Robinson b. 1954 · American drummer Alex Riel 1940–2024 · Danish musician (1940–2024) Hamid Drake b. 1955 · American musician Charly Antolini b. 1937 · Swiss musician DB Donald Bailey 1933–2013 · American jazz drummer (1934–2013) Pierre Favre b. 1937 · Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist Egil Johansen 1934–1998 · Norwegian-Swedish musician (1934-1998) Kazimierz Jonkisz b. 1948 · Famous Polish Jazz Drummer Gerry Hemingway b. 1955 · American drummer Jarle Vespestad b. 1966 · Norwegian musician Billy Martin b. 1962 · American jazz drummer Warren Wolf b. 1979 · jazz musician EZ Eliot Zigmund b. 1945 · American jazz drummer BD Bobby Durham 1937–2008 · American musician (1937–2008) Mousey Alexander 1922–1988 · Jazz drummer (1922-1988) André Ceccarelli b. 1946 · French musician Allison Miller b. 2000 · American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader BR Bobby Rosengarden 1924–2007 · American jazz drummer, bandleader (1924–2007) Francisco Aguabella 1925–2010 · Cuban master percussionist (1925–2010) Dylan Howe b. 1969 · British musician George Wettling 1907–1968 · American drummer (1907-1968) Stan Levey 1926–2005 · American musician Kenny Washington b. 1958 · American musician Tyshawn Sorey b. 1980 · American composer and multi-instrumentalist Thurman Barker b. 1948 · American jazz drummer Stu Martin 1938–1980 · American musician (1938–1980) EG Eric Gravatt b. 1947 · American musician Pheeroan akLaff b. 1955 · American jazz drummer PH Paul Humphrey 1935–2014 · American musician (1935–2014) Olavi Louhivuori b. 1981 · Finnish jazz drummer and composer Lex Humphries 1936–1994 · American drummer (1936–1994) Steve Berrios 1945–2013 · American drummer (1945–2013) Anton Eger b. 1980 · Jazz drummer Gary Husband b. 1960 · British musician Léo Margarit b. 1981 · French musician Eddie Gladden 1937–2003 · American musician (1937–2003) Charlie Persip 1929–2020 · American jazz drummer (1929–2020) Cees See 1934–1985 · Dutch jazz drummer (1934–1985) Kenneth Kapstad b. 1979 · Norwegian drummer Billy Drummond b. 1959 · American musician BH Beaver Harris 1936–1991 · American musician (1936–1991) Nate Wood b. 1979 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist Bob French 1937–2012 · American jazz drummer (1937–2012) Gerald Cleaver b. 1963 · American musician CA Carl Allen b. 1961 · American jazz drummer (born 1961) James Williams 1951–2004 · American jazz pianist (1951-2004) Kenny Clare 1929–1984 · British musician (1929–1984) George Schuller b. 1958 · American drummer DB Dave Bailey 1926–2023 · American drummer (1926–2023) Peter Apfelbaum b. 1960 · American jazz saxophonist and composer Thomas Strønen b. 1972 · Jazz drummer Nasheet Waits b. 1971 · American musician Joe Farnsworth b. 1968 · American musician Whit Dickey b. 1954 · American drummer Jimmy Crawford 1910–1980 · American musician (1910-1980) Rashid Bakr b. 1943 · American free jazz drummer FC Frank Capp 1931–2017 · American musician (1931–2017) Warren Smith b. 1934 · American musician Don Lamond 1920–2003 · American musician (1920–2003) CM Charles Moffett 1929–1997 · American drummer (1929–1997) Béatrice Graf b. 1964 · Swiss drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt 1936–2021 · American jazz drummer (1936-2021) MB Milton Barnes 1931–2001 · Canadian composer, conductor and drummer (1931–2001) Colin Allen b. 1938 · English blues drummer OJ Oliver Jackson 1933–1994 · American jazz drummer (1933–1994) SP Sonny Payne 1926–1979 · American jazz drummer (1926–1979) CJ Clifford Jarvis 1941–1999 · American drummer (1941-1999) FS Fats Sadi 1926–2009 · Belgian musician (1927–2009) FB Frank Butler 1928–1984 · American jazz drummer (1928–1984) FD Frankie Dunlop 1928–2014 · American jazz drummer (1928-2014) AS Alvin Stoller 1925–1992 · American musician (1925-1992) MA Muhammad Ali b. 1936 · American free jazz drummer LM Louis Mitchell 1885–1957 · American musician (1885–1957) JP Jack Parnell 1923–2010 · British musician (1923–2010) SP Specs Powell 1922–2007 · American musician BM Butch Miles 1944–2023 · American jazz drummer (1944–2023) KC Keith Copeland 1946–2015 · American musician (1946–2015) RM Roy McCurdy b. 1936 · American jazz drummer EC Ed Cassidy 1923–2012 · American drummer (1923–2012) SE Sue Evans b. 1951 · American musician RS Ronnie Stephenson 1937–2002 · British musician (1937–2002) DB Danny Barcelona 1929–2007 · American musician (1929-2007) BD Ben Dixon 1934–2018 · American drummer LY Lee Young 1914–2008 · American musician (1914–2008) EM Eddie Marshall 1938–2011 · American drummer (1938-2011) AH Al Harewood 1923–2014 · American jazz drummer (1923-2014) VL Victor Lewis b. 1950 · American jazz drummer TR Tony Reedus 1959–2008 · American musician (1959–2008) RH Roger Humphries b. 1944 · American musician RM Ray Mantilla 1934–2020 · American jazz drummer (1934–2020) PG Peter Giger 1939–2026 · percussionist and bandleader Ole Børud b. 1976 · Norwegian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record… GW Guy Warren 1923–2008 · Ghanian musician / drummer (1923–2008) CF Chuck Flores 1935–2016 · American jazz drummer (1935-2016) MM Marty Morell b. 1944 · American musician AF Alvin Fielder 1935–2019 · American drummer (1935–2019) AS Aaron Scott b. 1956 · American composer and jazz drummer PW Phillip Wilson 1941–1992 · American drummer (1941-1992) RP Roy Porter 1923–1998 · American musician (1923-1998) PF Panama Francis 1918–2001 · American musician (1918–2001) WB Wallace Bishop 1906–1986 · American musician (1906-1986) JS Jimmie Smith 1938–2024 · American jazz drummer TT Trevor Tomkins 1941–2022 · British musician LM Larance Marable 1929–2012 · American musician (1929-2012) PH Phil Howard b. 1953 · Australian musician ME Max Elloy 1900–1975 · French film actor (1900-1975)