Max Roach

Max Roach

male, 85 years old
Bebopdrummer, bebop, hard bop, American jazz drummer, Hard-bop drummer, Post-bop drummer…Bebop musician, drummer, jazz drummer
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (born January 10, 1924) is a bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. He has worked with many of the greatest jazz...
Kenny Clarke

Kenny Clarke

male, deceased (1985)
Bebopdrummer, From Pittsburgh, jazz musician, jazz drummer, bebop, drummer…Bebop musician
Kenny Clarke (born Kenneth Clarke Spearman, later aka, Liaqat Ali Salaam, on January 9, 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in...
Art Blakey

Art Blakey

male, deceased (1990) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)
Hard-bop musician, Hard-bop drummer, Bebopdrummer, jazz, Bandleader, jazz musician…jazz drummer, drummer
Arthur (Art) Blakey (October 11 1919-October 16 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with...
Roy Haynes

Roy Haynes

male, 83 years old
Neo-bop drummer, Avant-garde drummer, Bebopdrummer, Hard-bop drummer, Where As, Roy Owen Haynes…drummer, jazz drummer
Roy Owen Haynes, born on March 13 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American jazz drummer who began his full time professional career in 1945....
Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich

male, deceased (1987)
Mainstream jazz drummer, death from cardiovascular disease, Bebopdrummer, Swing drummer, Vaudeville performer, American jazz drummer…drummer, jazz drummer
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30 1917 Brooklyn, New York - April 2 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the...
Philly Joe Jones

Philly Joe Jones

male, deceased (1985)
Dameronia, Bebopdrummer, Post-bop drummer, Hard-bop drummer, Miles Davis Quintet, American jazz drummer…Bebop musician, drummer, bebop, jazz drummer
Joseph Rudolph (Philly Joe) Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer. The name "Philly Joe" was used to avoid confusion with Jo...
Ed Thigpen

Ed Thigpen

male, 78 years old
Out Of The Storm, verve, from Chicago, Verve Records, Copenhagen, Denmark, Toronto, Canada…American jazz drummer, Hard-bop drummer, Bebopdrummer, jazz drummer, drummer
Edmund Leonard (Ed) Thigpen (born December 28, 1930) is an American jazz drummer born in Chicago, Illinois, perhaps best-known for his work with...
Art Taylor

Art Taylor

male, deceased (1995)
Kenny Dorham Quartet, Mainstream jazz drummer, Bebopdrummer, Hard-bop drummer, hard bop, American…Bebop musician, drummer, jazz drummer
Arthur S. Taylor, Jr. (6 april 1929-6 february1995) was an American jazz drummer of the hard bop school. After playing in the bands of Howard...
Ed Shaughnessy

Ed Shaughnessy

male, 80 years old
swing music, Swing drummer, Pro-Mark, Ludwig-Musser, sabian, Bebopdrummer…bebop, drummer
Edwin Thomas "Ed" Shaughnessy (b. January 29, 1929) is a swing music and bebop drummer best known for his long association with Doc Severinsen and...
J. C. Heard

J. C. Heard

male, deceased (1988)
Bebopdrummer, Swing drummer, American jazz drummer, bop, bebop, Jazz bandleader…drummer, Bebop musician, jazz drummer
J. C. Heard (1917 - 1988) was a United States swing, bop, and blues drummer. He obtained his first important professional job with Teddy Wilson in...