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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Drummers: Rankings

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This poll closes on November 2, 2022 | Voters: 127

1
Elvin Jones
drums
2
Art Blakey
drums
4
Max Roach
drums
6
Buddy Rich
drums
7
Gene Krupa
drums
8
Jimmy Cobb
drums
9
Paul Motian
drums
10
11
Joe Morello
drums
12
Jo Jones
drums
13
Kenny Clarke
drums
14
Art Taylor
drums
15
Shelly Manne
drums
16
Chick Webb
drums
17
Ed Blackwell
drums
18
19
Mel Lewis
drums
20
Ed Thigpen
drums
21
Rashied Ali
drums
22
Alan Dawson
drums
24
Ben Riley
drums
26
Connie Kay
drums
27
28
29
31
Baby Dodds
drums
32
33
Ginger Baker
drums
34
Pete La Roca
drums
35
36
Stan Levey
drums
37
Sunny Murray
drums
38
Grady Tate
drums
39
Sonny Payne
drums
40
Sonny Greer
drums
43
44
Mickey Roker
drums
45
46
Colin Bailey
drums
47
Cozy Cole
drums
48
49
Tony Allen
drums
50
Don Alias
percussion
51
Sam Woodyard
drums
52
53
Al Harewood
drums
54
Earl Palmer
drums
56
Dave Tough
drums
57
Larry Bunker
drums
58
Buddy Miles
drums
59
Hal Blaine
drums
60
61
Bobby Durham
drums
62
James Black
drums
63
Jerry Fuller
drums
64
Mongo Santamaria
percussion
65
67
Dick Berk
drums
69
Ralph MacDonald
percussion
71
Andy Kirk
drums
72
73
74
Levon Helm
drums
75
J.C. Heard
drums
76
Jake Hanna
drums
77

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