- Gigi Drums
Gigi Drums is an innovative and exceptional female drummer, percussionist, and composer who created the Hippopotamus Rhythm, which is based on patterns of a five pulse beat. She holds a Bachelor's of Music from the University of Southern California and has studied at the Juilliard School of Music and the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. Her endorsements include DW Drums, Sabian, Regal Tip, Rhythm Tech, and Audix. - Van Morrison
Van Morrison was born in Belfast in 1945, the son of a shipyard worker who collected American blues and jazz records. Van grew up listening to the music of Muddy Waters, Mahalia Jackson , Lightnin' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker . As a teenager he played guitar, sax and harmonica with a series of local Irish showbands, skiffle and rock'n'roll groups before forming an r&b band called Them in 1964. - Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, he often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and percussion himself when recording. - Elliott Smith
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an Academy Award-nominated American singer-songwriter and musician. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, harmonica and drums. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery", and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies. Although Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and died in Los Angeles, California, … - Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known for his work with the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his advanced drum skills, Portnoy has won 22 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last five Dream Theater albums with John Petrucci, starting from "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory". - McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (born December 11 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet. Tyner was born in Philadelphia as the oldest of three children. He was encouraged to study piano by his mother. He finally began studying the piano at age 13 and within two years, music had become the focal point in his life. Among many other things, his playing can be distinguished by a low bass left hand, … - Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Townshend made his name as the guitarist and principal songwriter for rock band The Who. His career with them spans more than 40 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time, … - John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock or roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was born in Berkeley, California. John Fogerty plays many instruments including guitar, harmonica, piano, bass, drums, banjo, electronic organ, percussion, violin, and saxophone - Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas is the drummer for the Christian rock band Relient K. Douglas joined the band after their former drummer, Stephen Cushman, departed in late 2000. Douglas has been playing the drums and doing background vocals for the band for just over six years. His style often focuses on heavy snare hits on the beat and complex kick patterns. He sings a few solos for the band, and he has also started a side solo music project called Agnes (see below for more). - Roni Size
Roni Size (born Ryan Williams), came to national prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective. That year they won the Mercury Prize for their album, "New Forms". Size grew up in the Bristol suburb of St. Andrews and cites reggae as one of his early influences. Size was expelled from school at the age of 16 and started attending house parties run by Bristol mavericks the Wild Bunch (later Massive Attack). - Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is a prominent American Neo-bop jazz saxophonist who records for Nonesuch Records. Redman, who is both African American and Jewish American, was born in Berkeley, California, to the late jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman and his wife, Renee Shedroff. He graduated from Berkeley High School, class of 1986. In 1991 he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. - Thomas Lang
Thomas Lang (born August 5, 1967 in Vienna, Austria) is a professional drummer, frequent drum clinician and a producer (as shown in the song from Creative Control (explained later) called 'Looping', where he mixes sections from songs he has 'worked on' in the past and drums along to them). Lang grew up in Austria, lived in London for ten years and moved to Los Angeles in 2006. He started playing the drums at the age of five, and after years of private lessons, … - Chris Tomlin
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4 1972) is a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Famous One", and "Holy Is The Lord". - Billy Hart
William "Billy" Hart is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history. Early on he performed in Washington, D.C. with soul artists such as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave, and then later with Buck Hill and Shirley Horn, and was a sideman with the Montgomery Brothers (1961), Jimmy Smith (1964-1966), and Wes Montgomery (1966-1968). Following Montgomery’s death in 1968, Hart moved to New York, … - Dave Clark
Dave Clark is a Canadian musician from Etobicoke, Ontario. Clark is a respected studio musician and live performer, and has collaborated with such artists as Gord Downie, The Inbreds, Jane Siberry, Julie Doiron, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He is perhaps best known for playing drums in the indie rock band Rheostatics from 1980–1995. Following his departure from Rheos, Clark concerntrated on his band the dinner is ruined, and formed The WoodChopper's Association, … - Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis, Jr., better known as Sammy Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (playing vibraphone, trumpet, and drums), impressionist, comedian, and actor. He was a member of the 1960s Rat Pack, which was led by his old friend Frank Sinatra, and included such fellow performers as Dean Martin and Peter Lawford. - Matt Cameron
Matt Cameron (born Matthew D. Cameron, November 28 1962, in San Diego, California) is an American musician renowned for being the drummer, back-up vocalist and occasional songwriter in the grunge rock bands Soundgarden (1986-1997) and Pearl Jam (1998-present). - Zoot Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 - March 23, 1985) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist. He was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age. His father was a vaudeville hoofer, and Sims prided himself on remembering many of the steps his father taught him. Following in the footsteps of Lester Young, Sims developed into an innovative tenor saxophonist. - Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight (born on June 5 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is a Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, pop and R&B musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who can play nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, French horn and trumpet. - Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973), also known by his stage name Pharrell, is an American Grammy Award-winning producer, singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is also one half of the production duo "The Neptunes" (with Chad Hugo) with whom he produces primarily hip-hop music. He is also the lead singer and drummer in the funk-rock group N*E*R*D with Hugo and Shay Haley. More recently he has also done solo work as a singer and rapper, … - Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader (July 16 1925-May 5 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. - ?uestlove
?uestlove's parents then enrolled him at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. By the time he graduated, he had founded a band called The Square Roots (later dropping the word "square") with his friend Tariq Trotter (Black Thought). ?uestlove's classmates at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts included Boyz II Men, jazz bassist Christian McBride, and jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco. - Gavin Harrison
Gavin Harrison (b. May 28, 1963 in Harrow, North London) is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, in which he plays drums and percussion. Harrison has authored two instructional drum books entitled Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives. He also wrote and produced his own instructional DVDs, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons, at his home studio. - Scout Niblett
Emma Louise Niblett (born 29 September 1973) is an English singer and songwriter, known by the pseudonym Scout Niblett. Her music is frequently minimalist in style, many of her songs consisting merely of vocals accompanied by either drums or guitar, which she mostly plays herself. Niblett's music is often compared to that of Cat Power and PJ Harvey and she is known for her intimate live shows and her blond wig while performing. - Ziggy Marley
David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born October 17, 1968, Trenchtown) is a Grammy-winning Jamaican musician. He is the oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley<sup>1</sup>, the legendary roots reggae singer. His mother Rita called and baptised him David, but his father Bob nicknamed him "Ziggy" in reference to a marijuana cigarette. An alternative explanation links the nickname to the David Bowie persona "Ziggy Stardust" and his eponymous 1972 album. - Tony Martin
Anthony Martin Harford, (born April 19 1957) is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with for Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1997. Martin was the band's longest-serving vocalist other than Ozzy Osbourne. Martin has since been involved in many other projects (such as the Tony Martin Band, M3, The Alliance, Misha Calvin, The Cage, Giuntini Project II), yet is most remembered for his time in Sabbath, … - Bobby Previte
Robert "Bobby" Previte (born July 16, 1959, Niagara Falls, New York) is a drummer, composer and bandleader. Previte earned a B.A. in music at the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979, and became active in the city's thriving jazz and experimental music scenes. He began professional relationships with John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and others that have continued, intermittently, to the present - Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is a Michigan born musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and drums. He has released three solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs. Benson's major musical influences include The Cars, David Bowie, The Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul McCartney, and Todd Rundgren. - Earl Palmer
Earl Palmer (born October 25, 1924) is a legendary drummer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He started his career at the age of five as a tap dancer, joining his mother and aunt on the black vaudeville circuit in its twilight.<br /><br - Bobby Jarzombek
Bobby Jarzombek is a heavy metal/progressive metal drummer. He was born on September 4, 1963 in San Antonio, Texas. He began playing drums at the age of ten and got involved with various bands in his early teens. His first real claim to fame was joining Juggernaut, whom he recorded two albums with before leaving to become the drummer for the Riot reunion. Jarzombek remained with the group for quite some time, drumming on a total of seven albums. - Maria Taylor
Maria Taylor (born May 21, 1976) is an American singer/songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. She is also a member of the duo, Azure Ray with Orenda Fink, and Now It's Overhead, both on Saddle Creek Records. She plays several instruments, including the piano, guitar, and drums, and has collaborated with such artists as Bright Eyes, Moby, Abra Moore, David Barbe, and Crooked Fingers. She released her first solo album 11:11 on Saddle Creek Records on May 24, 2005. - Stephen Perkins
Stephen Andrew Perkins (born September 13, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he is most famous as one of the founding members, in 1985, of the former rock band Jane's Addiction. Following the dissolution of Jane's Addiction, Perkins, a native of Los Angeles, continued to play with frontman Perry Farrell in the rock band Porno for Pyros. His own project is called Banyan and in the 1990s he was involved in Lil' Pit with Mike Watt. - Tony Rice
Tony Rice is an acoustic guitarist. Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced "Spacegrass" music, to songwriter-oriented folk. Over the course of his career, he has played alongside J. D. Crowe and the New South, David Grisman (during the formation of “Dawg Music”), led his own Tony Rice Unit, collaborated with Norman Blake and recorded with his brothers. He has recorded with drums, piano, soprano sax, … - John Myung
John Ro Myung (born on January 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater. - Ben Riley
Ben Riley (b. 17 July 1933) is an American hard bop drummer who has worked with Thelonious Monk, Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, and Kenny Barron, and was a member with Barron of Sphere. - Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington (born 1965 in Medford, Massachusetts) is a jazz drummer. She has played with jazz veterans Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Joe Williams, and many more. At 7, she was given her first set of drums, which had belonged to her grandfather, Matt Carrington, who had played with Fats Waller and Chu Berry. After studying privately for three years, she played her first major performance at the Wichita Jazz Festival with Clark Terry. - John Young
John Young is a British progressive rock keyboardist and singer from Liverpool. He has played with bands and musicians such as Asia (replacing Geoff Downes on one tour), John Wetton, Bonnie Tyler, The Scorpions, Greenslade and Fish. His current project is the John Young Band, … - Matt Abts
Matt Abts (born September 30, 1953) is an American drummer best known as a member of the band Gov't Mule. - Glenn Kotche
Glenn Kotche is an American drummer, best known for his involvement in the band Wilco. Prior to working with Wilco, Kotche had released a four-track album entitled "Introducing". In 2003 he released a second solo album titled "Next," featuring solo drum improvisations using homemade percussion instruments. A third solo album was released in March 2006 on Nonesuch Records, entitled "Mobile. - Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Falkirk, Scotland) is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing. Guthrie also works extensively as a producer and engineer. Following the break-up of the Cocteau Twins, Guthrie's first solo record, "Imperial", …
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