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Jazz percussionists

81 jazz musicians in the atlas play percussion instrument, including Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Oscar Peterson and Gilberto Gil. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993) Phil Collins b. 1951 · English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951) Carlos Santana b. 1947 · American guitarist Oscar Peterson 1925–2007 · Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007) Gilberto Gil b. 1942 · Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter… Al Jarreau 1940–2017 · American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017) Lionel Hampton 1908–2002 · American jazz musician (1908–2002) Achinoam "Noa" Nini b. 1969 · Israeli singer and political activist Arturo Sandoval b. 1949 · Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Billy Cobham b. 1944 · Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944) Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1935–1977 · American musician (1935-1977) Klaus Doldinger 1936–2025 · German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist… Jack DeJohnette 1942–2025 · American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer (1942–2025) Naná Vasconcelos 1944–2016 · Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016) Philip Bailey b. 1951 · American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter… Airto Moreira b. 1941 · Brazilian drummer and percussionist Moondog 1916–1999 · American composer (1916–1999) Mulatu Astatke b. 1943 · Ethiopian musician Flora Purim b. 1942 · Brazilian jazz singer Jamie Cullum b. 1979 · English jazz singer and pianist Roscoe Mitchell b. 1940 · American jazz musician (born 1940) Vagif Mustafazadeh 1940–1979 · Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979) Marilyn Mazur 1955–2025 · Danish musician (1955–2025) Trilok Gurtu b. 1951 · Indian musician Lester Bowie 1941–1999 · American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999) Irène Schweizer 1941–2024 · Swiss jazz pianist (1941–2024) Gary Bartz b. 1940 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1940) Cándido Camero 1921–2020 · Cuban percussionist (1921-2020) Machito 1912–1984 · American-Cuban Latin jazz musician (1912-1984) Ray Anderson b. 1952 · American jazz trombonist Armando Peraza 1924–2014 · Cuban percussionist (1924-2014) Henry Threadgill b. 1944 · American jazz musician (born 1944) Don Pullen 1941–1995 · American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995) Tony Esposito b. 1950 · Italian singer-songwriter Arto Tunçboyacıyan b. 1957 · Turkish musician of Armenian ancestry (born 1957) Vladimir Kuzmin b. 1955 · Russian musician (born 1955) Alex Acuña b. 1944 · Peruvian musician Paulinho da Costa b. 1948 · Brazilian musician Aston Barrett 1946–2024 · Jamaican musician (1946–2024) Will Calhoun b. 1964 · American musician Mino Cinelu b. 1957 · French musician Sabu Martinez 1930–1979 · American musician (1930–1979) Ed Mann 1954–2024 · American musician (1954–2024) Shirley Bunnie Foy 1936–2016 · American jazz musician (1936–2016) Collin Walcott 1945–1984 · American musician, ethnomusicologist (1945–1984) Chano Pozo 1915–1948 · Cuban musician (1915-1948) Pete Escovedo b. 1935 · Mexican-American jazz musician and percussionist Glen Velez b. 1949 · American musician Norman Connors b. 1947 · American musician Ralph MacDonald 1944–2011 · Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical… Don Alias 1939–2006 · American jazz percussionist (1939–2006) Guem 1947–2021 · Algerian percussionist Jack Costanzo 1919–2018 · American musician (1919–2018) Tom Skinner b. 1980 · British jazz musician Cyro Baptista b. 1950 · Brazilian musician Charles Neville 1938–2018 · American musician (1938–2018) Don Moye b. 1946 · American percussionist Tullio De Piscopo b. 1946 · Italian drummer, percussionist and singer. Cibelle b. 1978 · Brazilian singer Lionel Batiste 1931–2012 · American jazz and blues musician (1931–2012) Okay Temiz b. 1939 · Turkish musician (born 1939) Steve Reid 1944–2010 · American musician (1944-2010) Giovanni Hidalgo b. 1963 · Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator Ches Smith b. 2000 · American musician Joe Porcaro 1930–2020 · American drummer (1930–2020) Patrick Scales b. 1965 · German musician Erika Stucky b. 1962 · Swiss jazz composer, singer and accordionist Nate Smith b. 1974 · American jazz drummer, composer, and music executive Alex Riel 1940–2024 · Danish musician (1940–2024) Nippy Noya b. 1946 · Indonesian musician James Mtume 1947–2022 · American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record… Milton Cardona 1944–2014 · a percussionist, vocalist and conga player from Mayagüez… Eric Reed b. 1970 · American musician Pierre Favre b. 1937 · Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist Kip Hanrahan b. 1954 · American jazz music impresario, record producer and… Pete Cosey 1943–2012 · American guitarist (1943–2012) Emil Richards 1932–2019 · American musician (1932–2019) Colin Allen b. 1938 · English blues drummer Sammy Figueroa b. 1948 · American percussionist Ray Mantilla 1934–2020 · American jazz drummer (1934–2020) Malachi Favors 1927–2004 · American bassist (1927-2004)