: : Great drummers
- Acuña Alex
- Agostini Dante
- Alexander Tim "Herb"
- Allen Tony
- Ameen Robby
- Appice Carmine
- Aronoff Kenny
- Arpino Thierry
- Barretto Ray
- Belleville Pierre
- Bellson Louie
- Bissonette Gregg
- Blackwell Ed
- Blaine Hal
- Blakey Art
- Bonham John
- Bozzio Terry
- Brown Carlinhos
- Brown Gerry
- Bruford Bill
- Carrington Terri Lyne
- Ceccarelli André
- Cerrone Marc
- Chambers Dennis
- Cinelu Mino
- Clarke Kenny
- Cobham Billy
- Colaiuta Vinnie
- Collins Phil
- Conte Luis
- Copeland Stewart
- Da Fonseca Duduka
- de Grasso Jimmy
- de Johnette Jack
- Diabaté Inza
- Diaz Miguel "Anga"
- Dodds Warren "Baby"
- Donati Virgil
- Dunbar Lowell “Sly”
- Erbetta Marc
- Erskine Peter
- Escovedo Sheila "E"
- Ewandé Louis César
- Fanfant Jean-Philippe
- Foster Al
- Gadd Steve
- Garibaldi David
- Gastaldin Claude
- Gonzalez Jerry
- Gozzo Alain
- Greer Sonny
- Grohl Dave
- Guem
- Gurtu Trilok
- Gustke Ralf
- Hakim Omar
- Haynes Roy
- Hernandez “El Negro” Horacio
- Hidalgo Giovanni
- Higgins Billy
- Hoglan Gene
- Humair Daniel
- Hussain Zakir
- Jacquin Jean-Christophe
- Jimbo Akira
- Jones Elvin
- Jones "Philly" Joe
- Jones « Papa » Jo
- Jordison Joey
- Katché Manu
- Keita Mamady
- Kolinka Richard
- Krupa Gene
- Lake JR Oliver Gene
- Lang Thomas
- Latham Rick
- Mac Brain Nicko
- Mason Harvey
- Mattalia Alessia
- Mayer Jojo
- Michelino Silvano
- Minnemann Marco
- Mitchell John "Mitch"
- Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel
- Moeller Sanford
- Moreira Airto
- Morello Joe
- N'Diaye Rose Doudou
- Oxley Tony
- Paice Ian
- Paolini Jean-Claude
- Parker Leon
- Peart Neil
- Phillips Simon
- Poleo Orlando
- Porcaro Jeff
- Portnoy Mike
- Pozo Chano
- Priester Aquiles
- Puente Ernesto « Tito »
- Purdie Bernard "Pretty"
- Quintana Jose Luis "Changuito"
- Rekow Raul
- Renaudin Bertrand
- Rich Buddy
- Roach Max
- Roddy Derek
- Samba Mokhtar
- Sanchez Poncho
- Santamaria Mongo
- Séry Paco
- Smith Chad
- Smith Marvin “Smitty”
- Smith Steve
- Sorum Matt
- Starr Ringo
- Stewart Bill
- Stubblefield Clyde
- Temiz Okay
- Terrana Mike
- Top Secret Drum Corps Basel Suisse
- Ulrich Lars
- Vander Christian
- Wassy Brice
- Watts Charlie
- Watts Jeff
- Webb Chick
- Weckl Dave
- White Lenny
- Wilk Brad
- Williams Tony
- Ziad Karim
CLASSIFYING OF THE DRUMMERS BY STYLE
Bellson, Bissonette, Chambers, Colaiuta, Gadd and Weckl, at the "Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert" in Los Angeles, 1989.
Click on the name of a drummer to see a biography written by myself with critical commentary (attempting to highlight the creative contribution of the drummer in the history of music), video or audio clips (in solo or in a band or even a lesson from him, a presentation of an instrument conceived especially for him or one or several interviews of him), a selective discography, and sometimes even a videography and bibliography, and also external links (to his official website and / or to drummerworld.com, which offers other video and audio clips) and a list of famous musicians or bands, with whom he played.
N.B.: Some drummers appear in several categories.
Contents (click on a category):
- 1: Classic Jazz, Swing (Big Bands, New-York, Chicago jazz, "Hot Jazz", Boogie-Woogie, New-Orleans, Dixieland):
- 2: Modern jazz ("Be bop", "Hard Bop" and "Cool Jazz"):
- 3: Latin Jazz, "Cubop", Salsa, Cha-cha, Mambo, "Son Cubano" ("classical" musics from Afro-Cuban inspiration):
- 4: Rock'n'Roll, Blues, Rhythm'n'Blues, Pop Music, Disco, Variety:
- 5: Free jazz, free groove (free-funk), "world" (beyond the American continent) jazz, electro-jazz, "atmospheric" jazz, contemporary jazz:
- 6: Brazilian drumset drumming (Bossa Nova, Jazz Samba, etc.)
- 7: Funk, new ("contemporary") R'N'B (Rhythm and Blues), Jazz-Rock and Jazz-Funk:
- 8: Hard Rock and Heavy Metal (origins ("traditional"), Thrash Metal, Melodic Metal, FM, etc.):
- 9: Progressive Rock:
- 10: Jazz Fusion, Free Latin, Caribbean music (Latin-jazz-rock, Zouk, Reggae, etc.):
- 11: African drumset drumming (Afro-beat, afro-jazz, Rai, etc.):
- 12: Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal (Metal-fusion, speed, death, black, instrumental, etc.):
- 13: "Traditional" percussionists (hand drums or without pedals):
- 14: Educators, Writers, "Clinicians", drum soloists (unclassifiable):
1: Classic Jazz, Swing (Big Bands, New-York, Chicago jazz, "Hot Jazz", Boogie-Woogie, New-Orleans, Dixieland):
2: Modern jazz ("Be bop", "Hard Bop" and "Cool Jazz"):
3: Latin Jazz, "Cubop", Salsa, Cha-cha, Mambo, "Son Cubano" ("classical" musics from Afro-Cuban inspiration):
4: Rock'n'Roll, Blues, Rhythm'n'Blues, Pop Music, Disco, Variety:
5: Free jazz, free groove (free-funk), "world" (beyond the American continent) jazz, electro-jazz, "atmospheric" jazz, contemporary jazz:
6: Brazilian drumset drumming (Bossa Nova, Jazz-Samba, etc.)
7: Funk, new ("contemporary") R'N'B (Rhythm and Blues), Jazz-Rock and Jazz-Funk:
8: Hard Rock and Heavy Metal (origins ("traditional"), Thrash Metal, Melodic Metal, FM, etc.):
9: Progressive Rock:
10: Jazz Fusion, Free Latin, Caribbean music (Latin-jazz-rock, Zouk, Reggae, etc.):
11: African drumset drumming (Afro-beat, afro-jazz, Rai, etc.):
12: Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal (Metal-fusion, speed, death, black, instrumental, etc.):
13: "Traditional" percussionists (hand drums or without pedals):
14: Educators, Writers, "Clinicians", drum soloists (unclassifiable):
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