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Spirit
American rock band
1
Gary Marker
American musician
2
Rising Sons
3
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
4
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
5
Ephel Duath
band
6
Alex Van Halen
American musician, rock drummer
7
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
8
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
9
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
10
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
11
Keef Hartley
English drummer and bandleader
12
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
13
Ricky Lawson
American musician
14
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
15
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
16
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
17
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
18
Jonathan Noyce
British musician
19
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
20
Bloodrock
American hard rock band
21
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
22
Cracker
band
23
Chick Webb
American musician
24
The Tony Williams Lifetime
25
Gregg Bissonette
American drummer
26
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
27
Brian Downey
Irish musician, songwriter and drummer
28
Carl Palmer
English drummer
29
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
30
Paul Wertico
American drummer
31
Elmo Hope
American musician
32
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
33
Bill Bruford
English drummer
34
Dave Lombardo
Cuban-American drummer
35
Jimmy Haslip
American electric bass player and record producer
36
Mickey Hart
American musician
37
Tim Landers
American musician
38
Sonny Clay
American musician
39
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
40
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
41
Tim Bogert
American musician
42
Chad Wackerman
American drummer
43
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
44
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
45
Ginger Baker
English rock drummer
46
Walter Page
American jazz musician
47
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
48
Dave Mattacks
English rock and folk drummer
49
Iron Butterfly
American rock group
50
Death
American death/progressive metal band
51
Keith Moon
English rock musician, drummer of The Who
52
Steve Reid
American musician
53
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
54
Nick Menza
American musician
55
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
56
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
57
Don Moye
American percussionist
58
Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
59
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
60
John "Jabo" Starks
American drummer
61
Baby Dodds
American musician
62
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
63
Lars Ulrich
Danish drummer, songwriter, and record producer
64
Spencer Dryden
American musician; rock drummer for a number of San Francisco-based bands
65
Jim Cullum, Jr.
American musician
66
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
