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Giovanni Hidalgo
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Carlos Santana
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Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
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Wayne Shorter
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Santana
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Curtis Fuller
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Dave Pike
Dave Pike
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Pharoah Sanders
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
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Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali
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Café
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Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain
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Cyro Baptista
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Ari Hoenig
Ari Hoenig
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
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Paquito D'Rivera
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Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane
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Mark Sherman
Mark Sherman
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
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Babatunde Olatunji
Nigerian percussionist

Babatunde Olatunji

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Nigerian percussionist
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Babatunde Olatunji, second from right, at the Tal Vadya Utsav International Drums & Percussion Festival, Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, 1985

Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist.