List of percussionists

A percussionist is a musician who plays a percussion instrument. Although drummers and vibraphonists are considered percussionists, this list only includes percussionists known for playing a variety of percussion instruments. There is a separate list of drummers and list of vibraphonists. If a percussionist specializes in a particular instrument, it is listed in parentheses.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

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* Keiko Abe (marimba)[1]
* Alex Acuña[2]
* Charlie Adams
* Marc Anderson
* José Areas
* Frank Arsenault
* Okyerema Asante

## B

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* Lekan Babalola
* Manolo Badrena
* Ginger Baker
* Cyro Baptista
* Michael Alden Bayard
* Samm Bennett
* John Bergamo
* Cindy Blackman Santana
* Richard Bona
* John Bonham
* Gary Burton

## C

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* Cándido Camero
* Michael Carabello
* Pedro Carneiro (marimba)
* Christoph Caskel
* Lenny Castro
* Pius Cheung (marimba)
* Mino Cinélu
* Frank Colón
* Luis Conte
* Bob Conti
* Ray Cooper
* Mayuto Correa
* Shawn Crahan (Slipknot)
* Colin Currie

## D

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* Paulinho da Costa
* Rubem Dantas
* Mike Dillon
* Debra Dobkin
* Josh Dun (Twenty One Pilots)

## E

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* Coke Escovedo
* Pete Escovedo
* Peter Michael Escovedo
* Sheila Escovedo
* Tony Esposito

## F

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* Jan Faulkner
* Chris Fehn (Slipknot)
* Victor Feldman
* Will Ferrell (Cowbell)
* Vic Firth
* Tristan Fry

## G

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* Steve Gadd
* Guille Garcia
* Peter Giger
* Evelyn Glennie
* Martin Grubinger
* Trilok Gurtu

## H

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* Jamey Haddad
* Bobbye Hall
* Lionel Hampton (vibraphone)
* Jason Hann
* Ralph Hardimon
* Mickey Hart (Drum)
* Giovanni Hidalgo (congas)
* Taku Hirano
* Marty Hurley
* Zakir Hussain

## J

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* Alex Jacobowitz (xylophone)

## K

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* Kalani
* Donald Knaack

## L

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* Joe Lala
* Jody Linscott
* Pete Lockett

## M

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* Ralph MacDonald
* Alex MacDougall
* Ed Mann
* Mitch Markovich
* Marilyn Mazur
* Othello Molineaux (steel drums)
* Moondog
* Airto Moreira
* Luigi Morleo
* Katarzyna Mycka

## N

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* Andy Narell
* Hani Naser
* Max Neuhaus

## O

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* Babatunde Olatunji
* Laudir de Oliveira

## P

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* Morris Pert
* Morris Palter
* Neil Peart
* Lisa Pegher
* Richard Pelham
* Armando Peraza
* Mitchell Peters
* Joe Porcaro
* Chano Pozo
* Tito Puente

## Q

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* Taufiq Qureshi
* Tim Quy

## R

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* Layne Redmond
* Daniel de los Reyes
* Walfredo de los Reyes (also known as Walfredo de los Reyes Sr.)
* Walfredo Reyes Jr. (also known as Walfredo de los Reyes Jr.)
* Emil Richards
* Frank Ricotti
* John Bernard Riley
* Dom Um Romão

## S

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* Bobby Sanabria
* Poncho Sanchez
* Mongo Santamaría
* Joe Saylor
* Steven Schick
* Rainer Seegers (timpani)
* Sheila E.
* Ramesh Shotham
* Rick Shutter
* Sivamani
* Stuart Saunders Smith
* Leigh Howard Stevens
* Latyr Sy

## T

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* Crystal Taliefero
* Third Coast Percussion
* Cal Tjader
* Arto Tunçboyacıyan

## U

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* Ruth Underwood (Frank Zappa) (Marimba)

## V

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* David Van Tieghem
* Nana Vasconcelos
* Glen Velez
* Tommy Vig
* Paolo Vinaccia
* T. H. Vinayakram

## W

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* Beibei Wang (1986 - ) Chinese multi-percussionist living in London
* Stokley Williams (1989–present) (Mint Condition)
* Melanie Woods

## Y

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* Stomu Yamashta

## Z

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* Yatta Zoe

## References

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1. ^ Jones, Tim (2012-10-19). "Keiko Abe". DRUM! Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Alex Acuña Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-02-28.