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List of jazz drummers

Jazz drummers play percussion (predominantly the drum set) in jazz, jazz fusion, and other jazz subgenres such as latin jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 1900s, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Jazz required a method of playing percussion different from traditional European styles, one that was easily adaptable to the different rhythms of the new genre, fostering the creation of jazz drumming's hybrid technique.[1] As each period in the evolution of jazz—swing and bebop, for example—tended to have its own rhythmic style, jazz drumming continued to evolve along with the music. In the 1970s and 1980s, jazz drumming incorporated elements of rock and Latin styles.

Notable jazz drummers include:

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C

D

E

  • Marc Edwards (born 1949)
  • Kenneth Ekornes (born 1974)
  • Torstein Ellingsen (born 1966)
  • Peter Erskine (born 1954)

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  • Kim Ofstad (born 1969)
  • Tom Olstad (born 1953)
  • Tiger Onitsuka (born 1998)
  • Kåre Opheim (born 1975)
  • Bobby Orr (1928-2020)
  • Magnus Öström (born 1965)
  • Tony Oxley (born 1938)
  • Svein Øvergaard (1912–1986)

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R

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  • Bobby Sanabria (born 1957)
  • Antonio Sánchez (born 1971)
  • Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk (born 1957)
  • Red Saunders (1912–1981)
  • Aaron Scott (born 1956)
  • Kendrick Scott (born 1980)
  • Phil Seamen (1926–1972)
  • Ed Shaughnessy (1929–2013)
  • Michael Shrieve (born 1949)
  • Zutty Singleton (1898–1975)
  • Marvin "Smitty" Smith (born 1961)
  • Michael S. Smith (1946–2006)
  • Steve Smith (born 1954)
  • Viola Smith (born 1912)
  • Ed Soph (born 1945)
  • George Spanos (born 1979)
  • Ronnie Stephenson (1937–2002)
  • John Stevens (1940–1994)
  • Bill Stewart (born 1966)
  • Alvin Stoller (1925–1992)
  • Isak Strand (born 1982)
  • Thomas Strønen (born 1972)
  • Norbert Susemihl (born 1956)

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  • Ingar Zach (born 1971)

See also

  • List of American jazz drummers

References

  1. ^ Brown, T, D. (1969). The Evolution of Early Jazz Drumming. Percussionist, 7(2), 39–44.
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