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Your Favorite Living Jazz Drummers: Rankings

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This poll closes on November 9, 2022 | Voters: 518

2
Brian Blade
drums
3
Steve Gadd
drums
4
Roy Haynes
drums
8
Billy Cobham
drums
11
Bill Stewart
drums
12
Eric Harland
drums
13
Billy Hart
drums
14
Dave Weckl
drums
15
Lewis Nash
drums
16
17
Bill Bruford
drums
18
Joey Baron
drums
19
20
Lenny White
drums
21
22
Hamid Drake
drums
24
Rudy Royston
drums
25
26
Nate Smith
drums
27
28
Matt Wilson
drums
29
30
Han Bennink
drums
31
Louis Hayes
drums
33
Victor Lewis
drums
34
35
36
37
Ari Hoenig
drums
39
Paul Wertico
drums
40
Jeff Ballard
drums
42
Omar Hakim
drums
43
44
45
46
48
49
50
Herlin Riley
drums
51
Steve Smith
drums
53
55
56
Al Foster
drums
57
Gary Husband
drums
58
Mike Clark
drums
60
Manu Katche
drums
61
63
Tom Rainey
drums
64
65
Bob Moses
drums
67
69
70
Ches Smith
drums
71
73
Carl Allen
drums
74
75
Alex Acuña
percussion
76
77
Harvey Mason
drums
79
Susie Ibarra
percussion
80
81
83
Airto Moreira
percussion
85
Joe Chambers
drums
86
Jim Black
drums
87
Tony Oxley
drums
88
89
Chad Taylor
drums
90
92
Jorge Rossy
drums
93
94
Moses Boyd
drums
95
96
Will Kennedy
drums
97
98
Dan Weiss
drums
100
Billy Martin
drums
101
Nate Wood
drums
102
Roy McCurdy
drums
104
Marilyn Mazur
percussion
106
107
Kyle Poole
drums
108
Justin Brown
drums
109
Henry Cole
drums
110
111
Terry Bozzio
drums
112
Gary Novak
drums
113
Dave King
drums
114
115
116
117
Mike Reed
drums
118
Asaf Sirkis
drums
120
Ranjit Barot
drums
121
Joe Dyson
drums
122
Gerry Gibbs
drums
123
124
Frank Rosaly
drums
125
Warren Smith
drums
126
Terry Clarke
drums
127
128
Akira Tana
drums
129
Sheila E.
percussion
130
John Bishop
drums
131
132
133
Ted Poor
drums
134
Michael Vatcher
percussion
135
Anton Eger
drums
136
Gard Nilssen
drums
137
138
Gergo Borlai
drums
139
140
Dana Hall
drums
141
143
Dom Moio
drums
144
Onno Govaert
drums
145
Joel Taylor
drums
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
Ali Jackson
drums
155
Tito Puente, Jr.
percussion
156
Billy Mintz
drums
158
159
160
161
162
163
Vince Ector
drums
164
Alvin Queen
drums
166
167
Whit Dickey
drums
168
Harold Jones
drums
169
Babatunde Lea
percussion
170
171
Kweku Sumbry
drums
172
173
Ray Marchica
drums
174
Colin Hinton
drums
175
176
179
Dave Smith
trombone
180
Ted Warren
drums
181
John Riley
drums
183
Louis Cole
drums
184
186
Bill Goodwin
drums
187
Balazs Pandi
drums
188
Victor Jones
drums
189
Mika Kallio
drums
190
191
192
193
194
Marty Morell
drums
195
Ray Brinker
drums
197
Quincy Davis
drums
198
Newman Taylor Baker
percussion
199
Jeff Siegel
drums
200
Tommy Igoe
drums

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