List of jazz drummers - Definition and Overview

Jazz musicians who play drums include the following drummers:

• Rashied Ali
• Carl Allen
• Louis Barbarin
• Paul Barbarin
• Joey Baron
• Louie Bellson
• Gregg Bendian
• Ignacio Berroa
• Jim Black
• Ed Blackwell
• Brian Blade
• Art Blakey
• Terry Bozzio
• Guillermo E. Brown
• Big Sid Catlett
• Gary Chaffee
• Dennis Chambers
• Denis Charles
• Kenny Clarke
• Gerald Cleaver
• Jimmy Cobb
• Billy Cobham
• Cozy Cole
• Andrew Cyrille
• Alan Dawson
• Jack DeJohnette
• Whit Dickey
• Baby Dodds
• Bill Elgart
• Donald Edwards
• Peter Erskine
• Al Foster
• Panama Francis
• Steve Gadd
• Milford Graves
• Bob Gullotti
• Jamey Haddad
• Chico Hamilton
• Jeff Hamilton
• Jake Hanna
• Billy Hart
• Roy Haynes
• Albert 'Tootie' Heath
• Billy Higgins
• John Hollenbeck
• William Hooker
• Joe Hunt
• Steven Hunt
• Susie Ibarra
• Dink Johnson
• Gus Johnson
• Elvin Jones
• Jo Jones
• Philly Joe Jones
• Willie Jones III
• Bob Kaufman
• David King
• Gene Krupa
• Papa Jack Laine
• Mel Lewis
• Shelly Manne
• Jason Marsalis
• Ray McKinley
• Joe Morello
• Paul Motian
• Adam Nussbaum
• Leon Parker
• Clarence Penn
• Ben Perowsky
• Buddy Rich
• Alex Riel
• Herlin Riley
• Max Roach
• Adonis Rose
• Ralph Rosen
• Jorge Rossy
• Antonio Sanchez
• Aaron Scott
• Zutty Singleton
• Brooke Sofferman
• Bill Stewart
• Arthur Taylor
• Cal Tjader (bongos)
• Dave Tough
• Chad Wackerman
• Kenny Washington
• Jeff 'Tain' Watts
• Chick Webb
• Dave Weckl
• Paul Wertico
• Tony Williams
• Matt Wilson