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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Drummers: Rankings

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

1
musicians/elvin-jones
Elvin Jones
drums
2
musicians/art-blakey
Art Blakey
drums
3
musicians/tony-williams
Tony Williams
drums
4
musicians/max-roach
Max Roach
drums
5
musicians/philly-joe-jones
Philly Joe Jones
drums
6
musicians/buddy-rich
Buddy Rich
drums
7
musicians/gene-krupa
Gene Krupa
drums
8
musicians/jimmy-cobb
Jimmy Cobb
drums
9
musicians/paul-motian
Paul Motian
drums
10
musicians/billy-higgins
Billy Higgins
drums
11
musicians/joe-morello
Joe Morello
drums
12
musicians/jo-jones
Jo Jones
drums
13
musicians/kenny-clarke
Kenny Clarke
drums
14
musicians/art-taylor
Art Taylor
drums
15
musicians/shelly-manne
Shelly Manne
drums
16
musicians/chick-webb
Chick Webb
drums
17
musicians/ed-blackwell
Ed Blackwell
drums
18
musicians/louie-bellson
Louie Bellson
drums
19
musicians/mel-lewis
Mel Lewis
drums
20
musicians/ed-thigpen
Ed Thigpen
drums
21
musicians/rashied-ali
Rashied Ali
drums
22
musicians/alan-dawson
Alan Dawson
drums
23
musicians/big-sid-catlett
Big Sid Catlett
drums
24
musicians/ben-riley
Ben Riley
drums
25
musicians/dannie-richmond
Dannie Richmond
drums
26
musicians/connie-kay
Connie Kay
drums
27
musicians/chico-hamilton
Chico Hamilton
drums
28
musicians/charlie-persip
Charlie Persip
drums
29
musicians/ralph-peterson
Ralph Peterson
drums
30
musicians/jon-christensen
Jon Christensen
drums
31
musicians/baby-dodds
Baby Dodds
drums
32
musicians/charlie-watts
Charlie Watts
drums
33
musicians/ginger-baker
Ginger Baker
drums
34
musicians/pete-la-roca
Pete La Roca
drums
35
musicians/idris-muhammad
Idris Muhammad
drums
36
musicians/stan-levey
Stan Levey
drums
37
musicians/sunny-murray
Sunny Murray
drums
38
musicians/grady-tate
Grady Tate
drums
39
musicians/sonny-payne
Sonny Payne
drums
40
musicians/sonny-greer
Sonny Greer
drums
41
musicians/zutty-singleton
Zutty Singleton
drums
42
musicians/vernel-fournier
Vernel Fournier
drums
43
musicians/shadow-wilson
Shadow Wilson
drums
44
musicians/mickey-roker
Mickey Roker
drums
45
musicians/milford-graves
Milford Graves
drums
46
musicians/colin-bailey
Colin Bailey
drums
47
musicians/cozy-cole
Cozy Cole
drums
48
musicians/paolo-vinaccia
Paolo Vinaccia
drums
49
musicians/tony-allen
Tony Allen
drums
50
musicians/don-alias
Don Alias
percussion
51
musicians/sam-woodyard
Sam Woodyard
drums
52
musicians/jerry-granelli
Jerry Granelli
drums
53
musicians/al-harewood
Al Harewood
drums
54
musicians/earl-palmer
Earl Palmer
drums
55
musicians/ronald-shannon-jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
drums
56
musicians/dave-tough
Dave Tough
drums
57
musicians/larry-bunker
Larry Bunker
drums
58
musicians/buddy-miles
Buddy Miles
drums
59
musicians/hal-blaine
Hal Blaine
drums
60
musicians/mitch-mitchell
Mitch Mitchell
drums
61
musicians/bobby-durham
Bobby Durham
drums
62
musicians/james-black
James Black
drums
63
musicians/jerry-fuller
Jerry Fuller
drums
64
musicians/mongo-santamaria
Mongo Santamaria
percussion
65
musicians/edward-vesala
Edward Vesala
drums
66
musicians/bill-reichenbach
Bill Reichenbach
drums
67
musicians/dick-berk
Dick Berk
drums
68
musicians/charles-moffett
Charles Moffett
drums
69
musicians/ralph-macdonald
Ralph MacDonald
percussion
70
musicians/leon-ndugu-chancler
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
drums
71
musicians/andy-kirk
Andy Kirk
drums
72
musicians/denis-charles
Denis Charles
drums
73
musicians/duffy-jackson
Duffy Jackson
drums
74
musicians/levon-helm
Levon Helm
drums
75
musicians/jc-heard
J.C. Heard
drums
76
musicians/jake-hanna
Jake Hanna
drums
77
musicians/hideo-shiraki
Hideo Shiraki
drums

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