THE GREATEST JAZZ DRUMMERS THAT EVER LIVED

THE GREAT GENE KRUPA WHO INSPIRED MILLIONS OF YOUNG DRUMMERS AND FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD

BUDDY RICH WONDERFUL PLAYER - PROBABLY THE GREATEST DRUMMER EVER

BIG SID CATLETT PLAYING WITH LIONEL HAMPTON WITH BUDDY RICH AT THE BACK

LOUIE BELLSON AN INSPIRATION TO ALL DRUMMERS - A WONDERFUL PLAYER, MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER - HIS SOLO ON SKIN DEEP WAS ONE OF THE FINEST SOLOS EVER

PAPA JO JONES DROVE THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA TO THE GREATEST HEIGHTS 

ART BLAKEY AND HIS JAZZ MESSENGERS LAUNCHED THE CAREERS OF SO MANY FINE PLAYERS

MAX ROACH A MAJOR FIGURE IN THE BE-BOP MOVEMENT AND BEYOND

WARREN BABY DODDS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

CHICK WEBB WITH A YOUNG ELLA FITZGERALD - THE KING OF THE SAVOY BALLROOM AND WHO DIED TRAGICALLY YOUNG

SHELLY MANNE PLAYING WITH THE STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA - A MAJOR WEST COAST PLAYER - ONE OF THE GREATEST

ANIMAL AND BUDDY RICH FROM THE WONDERFUL MUPPETS PROGRAM !!

BUTCH MILES MUCH ADMIRED DRUMMER WITH THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA AND OTHERS

KENNY CLARKE MAJOR PLAYER IN BEBOP AND DEVELOPED THE RIDE CYMBAL AND MODERN JAZZ ACCENTING

BEN POLLACK HELPED LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF SO MANY TOP ARTISTS SUCH AS BENNY GOODMAN, JACK TEAGARDEN AND GLENN MILLER

JOE MORELLO THRILLED THE WORLD WITH HIS WORK WITH THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - FAMOUS FOR HIS SOLO ON TAKE FIVE

ZUTTY "FACE" SINGLETON ENORMOUS INFLUENCE IN THE 1920's AND 30's

COZY COLE HAD A HIT RECORDING WITH "TOPSY" IN THE LATE 1950's -  WORKED WITH THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG ALL STARS AND CREATED THE GENE KRUPA COZY COLE DRUM SCHOOL IN NEW YORK

THE GREAT DAVE TOUGH WHO INSPIRED THE WOODY HERMAN BAND, BENNY GOODMAN AND MANY OTHER BANDS - ONE OF THE TRUE GREATS

PHILLY JOE JONES 

SHADOW WILSON

SONNY PAYNE WITH COUNT BASIE - WONDERFUL BIG BAND PLAYER AND SHOWMAN

ELVIN JONES WHOSE WORK WITH JOHN COLTRANE WAS SUPREME

TONY WILLIAMS WHO AGED 17 DROVE THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET TO UNHEARD OF HEIGHTS - A MAJOR NAME IN THE DRUMMING WORLD

JAKE HANNA ONE OF THE BEST - LISTEN TO HIS WORK WITH THE WOODY HERMAN BAND

ART TAYLOR - A MAJOR PLAYER IN MODERN JAZZ

BILLY COBHAM - STILL PLAYING WONDERFULLY

DON LAMOND - FOLLOWED DAVE TOGH WITH WOODY HERMAN - MARVELLOUS PLAYER

SONNY GREER WITH DUKE ELLINGTON 

JACK SPERLING - LES BROWN'S GREAT DRUMMER

ED SHAUGHNESSY - JOHNNY CARSON AND THE TONIGHT SHOW

MEL LEWIS - ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS

NICK FATOOL

STEVE GADD - GROOVING AWAY

JEFF HAMILTON 

RAY BAUDUC - BIG HIT BIG NOISE FROM WINNETKA

BACK WHERE WE STARTED THE GREAT GENE KRUPA - THESE PHOTOS ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG - THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL PLAYERS THAT I HAVE NOT INCLUDED HERE IN THIS BLOG SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ISN'T SPACE - DRUMMERS SUCH AS AL FOSTER, VINNIE COLAIUTA, DAVE WECKLE, PAUL MOTIAN, JACK DE JOHNETTE, ALVIN STOLLER, STEVE SMITH, HERLIN RILEY, SAM WOODYARD, PAUL BABARIN, TONY SBARBARO, TINY KAHN, SPECS POWELL, OSIE JOHNSON, GEIRGE WETTLING, JOSHUA "CIE" FRAZER, JIMMY COBB, FRANKIE DUNLOP, RAY MCKINLEY, SUNNY MURREY, ED BLACKWELL, LOUIS HAYES, ROY HAYNES, RUFUS "SPEEDY" JONES, DAVE BLACK ETC, ETC….. I WILL HONOUR THESE AND MANY, MANY MORE IN FUTURE BLOGS

HOPE YOUVE ENJOYED ENTERING THE WORLD OF THE GREAT DRUMMERS THANKS