Comments on: Countdown To 32 of The Best Jazz Drummers of All Time https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/ Your Resource For All Things Jazz Sat, 17 May 2025 01:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: John Engstrom https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-27559 Sat, 17 May 2025 01:21:32 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-27559 In reply to Matt Fripp.

The best I’ve heard live is Dan Brubeck, son of Dave and Co- leader with brother Chris of the Brubeck Brothers.

]]> By: John Emerson https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-25243 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:48:16 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-25243 Elvin Jones should be much higher.

]]> By: Sean https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-23298 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:45:30 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-23298 Personally, Ed Blackwell, Antonio Sanchez, and Nasheet Waits have styles that speak to me. They should at least be mentioned…

]]> By: IVAN M DENT https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-23141 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:20:52 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-23141 This is a great list. I know it’s hard to pick just 32 out of so many great drummers. I would add Lenny White, Dave Weckl, Omar Hakim, Redd Holt and Gerry Brown just to name a few.

]]> By: John SantaPietro https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-22969 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:56:01 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-22969 In reply to Tommy Schaff.

Without a doubt!

]]> By: Andy K https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-17350 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:29:17 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-17350 Oh man, I gotta put Elvin & Philly Joe in the Top 5. Where’s Joe Morello and Jimmy Cobb? Those are my guys! Good list though, love Bill Stewart! He’s the man!

]]> By: Tommy Schaff https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-16524 Sun, 14 May 2023 07:12:44 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-16524 I nominate the best brush man in the business, Jeff Hamilton

]]> By: Dennis Daniel https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-16389 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:45:29 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-16389 Great work on the drummers…….pls listen to William Kennedy…..I discovered him on some of the Yellowjackets projects……its my understanding that he left and re-joined their latest edition…….Lenny White and Dave Weckl (mentioned earlier) and Steve Gadd…..but William Kennedy is my fav…..the best complimentary drummer of his time……wow good work….

]]> By: RPB https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-16069 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:52:40 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-16069 In reply to Craig Harper.

Barrett Deems was one of the major influences on me, with Gene Krupa and Joe Morello, ask in the early/mid-1960s. BD was awesome; can’t figure why everybody who knows jazz drums history wouldn’t have him near the top of the list.

]]> By: BuddyBlueEyes https://jazzfuel.com/best-jazz-drummers-of-all-time/#comment-16024 Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:52:18 +0000 http://jazzfuel.com/?p=51565#comment-16024 Glad to see you included Shelly Manne, who’s left off too many other top drumming lists. His live at the Blackhawk albums are some of the best sounding recordings of that era. So many great drummers. Need more numbers on the list 🙂 Dave Weckl. Dennis Chambers. Louis Hayes. Steve Smith. Horacio “El Negro” Hernández. Lewis Nash. Ed Thigpen. Lenny White. Ed Shaughnessy. Joe La Barbera. And for a great lesser known drum talent, treat yourself to Clifford Jarvis on Jackie McLean’s Right Now! or his work with Freddie Hubbard. Good on ya Jazzfuel. You have a new follower!

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