Max Roach

Max Roach

male, 85 years old
Bebop drummer, bebop, hard bop, American jazz drummer, Hard-bop drummer, Post-bop drummer…drummer, jazzdrummer, jazz musician
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...
Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich

male, deceased (1987)
Mainstream jazz drummer, death from cardiovascular disease, Bebop drummer, Swing drummer, Vaudeville performer, American jazz drummer…drummer, Jazz bandleader, jazz, jazzdrummer, jazz musician
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30 1917 Brooklyn, New York - April 2 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the...
Art Blakey

Art Blakey

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

Elvin Jones

male, deceased (2004)
Modal jazz drummer, Progressive jazz drummer, The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine, Mainstream jazz drummer, United States Army, Post-bop drummer…Hard-bop drummer, J is for Jazz, Jazz Machine, jazz, drummer
Elvin Ray Jones (9 September 1927-18 May 2004) was one of the most influential jazz drummers of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a...
Dennis Chambers

Dennis Chambers

male
out of the pocket, American funk drummer, P-Funk member, American jazz drummer, niacin, Parliament/Funkadelic…Jazz fusion, drummer, jazzdrummer, jazz musician
Dennis Chambers is an American drummer who has recorded and performed with John Scofield, Carl filipiak, Steely Dan, Santana,...
Lenny White

Lenny White

male, 59 years old
Red Clay, Azteca, jazz funk, jazz-rock, Carlo Vaughn, Skip Anderson…Jazz fusion, drummer, jazzdrummer
Leonard White III, better known as Lenny White (born December 19 1949) is an American jazz funk drummer, who is best known for playing in Chick...
Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

male, deceased (1973)
Big band bandleader, Dixieland drummer, Swing drummer, American jazz bandleader, American jazz drummer, Leukemia death…jazz, drummer, Jazz bandleader, jazzdrummer, jazz musician
Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 - October 16, 1973) was a famous and influential American jazz and big band drummer, known for his highly energetic...
Jack Dejohnette

Jack Dejohnette

male, 67 years old
musician, African American, Avant-garde jazz musician, from Chicago, Columbia, The Tony Williams Lifetime…Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival, jazz musician, jazzdrummer, drummer, jazz
Jack DeJohnette (b. 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he...
Steve Gadd

Steve Gadd

male, 64 years old
Sicilian-American, jazz musician, Steps Ahead, Michal Urbaniak, American session musician, The Manhattan Transfer…drummer, jazzdrummer, Manhattan Jazz Quintet
Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York) is a very well known session drummer, mainly known for work with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe...