Pioneer
James I. Lent (recorded "The Ragtime Drummer" in 1904)
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Top 1920s Drummers
Tony Sbarbaro | Ben Pollack |
Baby Dodds | Vic Berton |
Chauncey Morehouse | Zutty Singleton |
Paul Barbarin | |
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Swing Era
Jo Jones (with Count Basie)
Sonny Greer (with Duke Ellington)
Gene Krupa
Chick Webb
Dave Tough
Big Sid Catlett
Cozy Cole
Ray McKinley
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Dixieland
George Wettling
Ray Bauduc
Nick Fatool
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Unbeatable Virtuoso
Buddy Rich
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Founders of Bebop Drums
Kenny Clarke
Max Roach
Art Blakey
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1950s
Roy Haynes
Philly Jo Jones
Chico Hamilton
Connie Kay (with Modern Jazz Quaret)
Shelly Manne
Joe Morello (with Dave Brubeck)
Art Taylor
Jimmy Cobb
Ed Thigpen (with Oscar Peterson)
Stan Levey
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