My Favourite 12 Best Jazz Drummer

[@emreak6572]

I promise to everyone who comments on this video that I will prepare a video before I die, including all the names written in the comments. 🤞

[@K0J0K]

don't forget me, kojok

[@kaanjusuf]

Don’t forget Mitch Mitchell

[@juju8405]

go for it

[@Laurenzatto54]

Chick Webb, Jo Jones, Cozy Cole, Sid Catlett, Baby Dodds, Zutty Singleton, Alvin Burroughs, Jimmy Crawford, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Payne, Louie Bellson, Max Roach, Sam Woodyard, Grady Tate, Buddy Rich....

[@7karlheinz]

Yeah, I love all those especially the early players!

[@vestibulate]

Sid Catlett. Kenny Clarke. Roy Haynes. Bellson. Philly Joe. Papa Jo. Tony Allen. Sunny Murray. Ed Blackwell, of course. So many.

[@rafaelsantos-xn7wi]

I think here is the best List!!!

[@ellisweiner6405]

Roy Haynes! I heard one solo from him on an album and it changed by understanding of drums forever. Yes!

[@stoklund]

Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette , Brian Blade, Bill Steward, Joe Morello , Papa Jo Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Billy Higgins, Paul Motian, Buddy Rich, Mel Lewis, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Jeff Hamilton Eric Harland Ari Hoenig Jeff Ballard Nate Smith Danny Barcelona Louie Bellson Kenny Clarke Jimmy Cobb Peter Erskine Al Foster Art Taylor Ed Thigpen Kenny Washington Kenny Clarke... ect.

[@elvinjones2572]

alan dawson john riley colin bailey

[@TheAaustin1984]

So glad to see Tony Williams in there. Seven Steps to Heaven is amazing.b

[@davidgibbs381]

Joe Morello and Lenny White?

[@jazzguy1304]

Joe Morello not the best but among the bests, love him.

[@avdonkpass5173]

Art blakey

[@caitoteam]

No puedo creer que no hayas incluido a Gene Krupa y Joe Morello ... es imperdonable

[@compucorder64]

Gene Krupa & Joe Morello for sure. But I also think Tony Allen, for his influence later on. There were some great drummers firmly rooted in Jazz drumming that snook that feel and freedom into Rock / Jazz fusion or heavier or more experimental bands too: Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Bill Ward, Jaki Liebezeit.

[@boomerguy9935]

Joe Morello was responsible for the first jazz album to sell over a million copies because of his drum solo. Papa Jo Jones could make his drums talk. Fastest is not always the best. It's all about the music.

[@LeandroDiaz273]

Tony Williams y Elvin Jones.... superb...!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@mikelogan8474]

Tony Williams was the best i ever heard,,,Erskine the most serene..

[@milfordmkt]

Couldn't have pick a better dozen myself. Good to see DeJohnette in there.

[@DavidCooper-ve2ci]

Why does everyone complain about the list...it's a list of his favourites...he never claimed that it was an all time list...grow up

[@BuckrBill]

Awesome point…just deleted my comment about drummers I think he missed…thank you for your post.. peace from Vancouver Island

[@mikefisher9992]

I fully expected to see Joe Morello in there.

[@BennyCFD]

I totally agree..................................................................

[@richardwhite7208]

Max Roach ,buddy Rich , Tony Williams , Billy Cobham , Toni Allen ,Clyde stubblefield , Mike Clarke, Lenny White , Ginger Baker ❤

[@JurSic1]

and Phil Seamen !

[@richardwhite7208]

@@JurSic1 yes an outstanding drummer in Britain set standards

[@danielcastillo4537]

Where's Joe Morello?

[@SantiagoBsAs]

Was going to ask the same. And some place for old Gene Kruppa

[@chrislinhares7311]

Hey, they can't be all on there. Besides, he said HIS favorite drummers.

[@boomerguy9935]

For what it's worth in regard to my personal #1 drummer, Joe Morello, he was John Bonham's favorite drummer which is why he had so many jazz licks with polyrhythms in his rock playing. How could Joe be left out of this list?

[@papersleeves]

Anyone have a link to the entire Elvin Jones clip? What a maniac 🥁🥁

[@timnavarrette3274]

Steve Smith wow!!! All these jazz players are so fn gifted!

[@marcroigcebrian]

Personal list .art blakey,gene krupa,buddy rich,jo jones,elvin jones,joe morello,paul motian,philly joe jones,al foster,steve gadd,roy haynes and jake hanna

[@sandy3482]

my brother went to high school with Steve Gadd, when I was about 8 or 9 I went to my brother high schools music festival and Steve Gadd was playing out in front of the school orchestra, from that day on I knew I had to be a drummer

[@jmydy]

What is the song name played by Peter Erskine? It's superb.

[@starclass6564]

One of my favourite is surely Buddy Rich, his left hand probably the faster ever, but for the color and complexity of drumming I like a lot Omar Hakim, which maybe can be in the best 20.... ?

[@peterquednau5601]

I just suggest four additions (in alphabetical order): Curt Cress, Jon Hiseman, Gene Krupa and Alphonse Mouzon. In 1978 I watched and listened to a monster show of top drummers in the Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany. It started with Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia featuring her Husband Jon Hiseman on drums. In one of his solos he kept the tempo on his bassdrums, slowed down with his left hand and speeded up with his right. He seemed to be absolutely free. I don't have to describe the features of the 2nd and the 3rd bands, 'cause they exposed the talents of Tony Williams and Billy Cobham.

[@skillet6870]

Mr. Tony Williams.

[@mtyemti]

Max Roach on "St. Thomas."

[@Ds_Drums]

I like Papa Jo Jones, I also see someone mention joe morello and thought oh yea him too. There are bunches of great drummers out there it is hard to pick from.

[@marcusschroder5717]

I miss Dennis Chambers and some other guys. But a good list thx

[@elwoodwhite9734]

Nice picks but many missed but truly there's so many fantastic drummers out there past and present drum set playing has evolved so much over the years such as music itself but that tribal thing as never left it reflects society and growth of the human spirit and creative great job I enjoyed your vidio keep playing have fun

[@alexandremello6913]

It is amazing how hard Tony Williams used to hit the drums. Those flams were powerful.

[@kookamunga2458]

I blew a stereo speaker listening to Art Blakey . He was a force of nature . Salsa /Afro-Cuban drummers Ray Barretto and Mongo Santamaria should be on this list . I think Jaki Liebezeit is also an insane drummer of Jazz tradition but played in the band Can .

[@eternitypartone2832]

Nice compilation, thanks very lot! But I personally miss Alan Dawson.

[@coled2048]

All are extraordinary drummers! Some very notables are missing. Max Roach is inventive, Steve Smith has the chops, but Buddy Rich still stands out in this list.

[@TheEleatic]

Making lists is fun. Reading other people's lists is less fun.

[@joeerickson9404]

That's why I watch them instead.

[@gary-yj6sr]

that's funny

[@paradiddle16]

Great list! All drummers I admire and each are different!

[@Dems-fk8sh]

I really love Art Taylor's play on "My romance" with Hampton Hawes. He's my favorite drummer.

[@StonefieldJim4]

Hearing all these drummers alongside each other it really struck me how Erskine stood out, to my ears anyway, as a uniquely subtle player, whose solo playing never verges on tiring listening, which even the greatest drummers are guilty of (that's why people hate drum solos).

[@GenXUnderground]

isnt he playing buddy rich?

[@damneh8688]

Certainly one of the most musical ones of the lot.

[@eleithias]

I was reading this comment and couldn't see the video, but I listening to the video, and I immediately knew when Buddy Rich came in. THAT'S how much he stands out!

[@johncoltraneful]

Lenny White

[@cliffordsalmon6342]

Al Foster for wall of sound with Miles in the 70's. Also props to Buddy Rich for playing with a 3 piece suit on...

[@sirjer73]

It always amazed me seeing the jazz drummers in suits and ties under hot lights in probably hot cramped settings, just going to work on the skins. I was like their cleaners bills had to be enormous!!!

[@hectormann1843]

Roy Haynes?? 😉

[@manlypedro75]

Good List! Would've loved some snippets of them grooving....

[@Mooseman327]

Tony Williams, Max Roach, Billy Cobham, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Clarke, Chick Webb, Jack DeJohnette, Alphonse Mouzon, Jo Jones, Manu Katche, Billy Higgins, Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich, Bob Moses, Brian Blade, Paul Motian, Jimmy Cobb.

[@MandinoRock1814]

Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Kenny Clarke, Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, Billy Higgins, Billy Cobham, Al Foster

[@serverrunner]

I've heard or seen many of these drummers but in opinion and not as widely known of many of these is Chicago drummer of the 50's through 90's and maybe still today is this name Curtis Prince he played with Odell Brown and the Organizers in the 60's.

[@thearmchairspacemanOG]

Hullo from Scotland, white guy raised by a Navy family... My Grandad loved jazz and swing even before the movies brought some to Scotland, Pops was a real-time-wartime survivor.. y'know? was a teenager listening to US and French Resistance radio in the engine room of a frigate.. raised all his grandkids with old 78' rpm vinyl classics like Bille H, NC COle, Jaques Brel.. Nina Simone .. excellent list of drummers !! these are the peeps who REALLY invented things like funk, techno, hip hop and house. .. even METAL owes it's legacy to the Jazz drummers' innovation through ''sir'' Gadd of the infinite fractal riff

[@BuckrBill]

A person that really helped everything..…GINGER BAKER!!!.started as a jazz drummer… according to Eric Clapton he considered Ginger Baker.. THE ULTIMATE drummer…best in the world….Clapton’s words… personally I think Eric Clapton knows a tiny bit about drummers/musicians…peace…awesome video… Eric Clapton living life through 12 bars

[@rvree9378]

I think we often look at all those drummers from the past because they were on iconic records. Many of them amazing and groundbreaking. I would suggest a few from this era. Nate Smith, Mark Guiliana and in my opinion the greatest from this era Antonio Sanchez. He has the technique, versatility and resume go stack up to any drummer.

[@aidanschram9652]

Eric Harland, Justin Faulkner, Jeff tain watts, Marcus Gilmore

[@TheEleatic]

I think Omar Hakim can play anything, anytime, anywhere. Love him.

[@youngmordek]

alphabetical or not, it's fitting to start w/ art blakey--he's the king.

[@randyelliott9152]

And on a very basic kit!!,not a lot of doodads.

[@ellisweiner6405]

Okay. Thanks for this. Some writer once said, the purpose of lists like this is to disagree with them. I would only not include Gadd. He's one of the 3 greatest studio drummers of all time (w/ Hal Blaine and Jim Keltner), but he's not a jazz drummer. I'd add Billy Higgins or Joe Jones or Papa Jo Jones. The rest, yes. Delighted to see Dave Weckl there, who is my current fave. Thank you!

[@KyvDrummer1980]

Really enjoyable solos...All of them!

[@7karlheinz]

Ainsley Dunbar while with Zappa on Waka Jawaka & The Grand Wazoo! My only question (which I'm not going to eat!) is whether his playing on those LPs were from charts by Zappa or if he was totally responsible for creating those drum parts???

[@nilsandersson5069]

Aloha great list mahalo for sharing 🌈

[@edoardozampetti4601]

the modernity of Tony Williams...

[@genebrohan2401]

Are those broadcasters? Art Blakey used they were very sought after then as well

[@aidanschram9652]

This list feels like it was made by a rock drummer who just discovered jazz. Jojo mayer and steve gadd jazz drummers ?🤔🤔. You're missing Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Clarke, Roy haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Billy higgins, Art taylor, etc.

[@scottdouglas935]

i think gadd deserves to be in there, even just based on his work with chick corea

[@aidanschram9652]

@@scottdouglas935 Yeah I guess he is technically a jazz/rock drummer but he is not one of the first that comes to mind when I think of jazz

[@TheEleatic]

@@aidanschram9652 As you say, you can't point out the shortcomings of a list to someone who is not familiar with jazz history.

[@mrjehupitchfork]

Amen. Half this list had me saying wtf?

[@johnmiles4370]

I couldn't make a greatest list with just 12 ,there are so many great jazz drummer's out there that deserve to be on (the list) and some of these are not really jazz drummer's sorry , but nice clips anyways🥁🥁🥁

[@abidababida7096]

i started playing drums when i was 8. i’m 54 now. Dave Weckl is… in my opinion… the bedt drummer i’ve ever heard.

[@dustinchaffee2717]

I love a lot of new-school guys: Antonio Sanchez, Brian Blade, Greg Hutchinson, Nasheet Watts, and basically anyone that's played drums for Dave Holland :)

[@TheEleatic]

Bill Stewart is far out. I could listen to Al Foster and Aaron Scott non stop. I saw both of them live Foster with Rollins and Henderson; Scott with Tyner.

[@matthewblack986]

Billy Cobham.....god damn!

[@stratcat4450]

Watching Billy work the the Mahavisu is on a level all by itself. I saw them play live many times. After Billy left them I saw him solo in a very small old movie theater. He was playing those come headed drums at the time. I never forgot that amazing show.

[@toddneilmacintyre]

Marvin Smitty Smith would be on my list.

[@gnpd07]

You cant' include Weckl and Gadd without Vinnie Colaiuta.

[@kevinguillaume7895]

Yep! Quite true!! 🥁

[@ellisweiner6405]

Good point! I'd take Vinnie over Gadd, now that you mention it.

[@bestdrummer4607]

great players. very nice. I like the sounding.

[@alexmook6786]

Great list....JoJo is incredible, but I would kick him off the list and put Bellson on there. What about Krupa?

[@packstevewood]

Rudiiments, rudiments everywhere in this and the expansion, interpretation and improvising of them and beyond! I think it was in Elvin Jones obit where I read he practiced 8 hours a day!!

[@williamkleitsch1153]

Eight hours a day for 10 years from the age of 14 to 24. I believe I heard him say this.

[@chatscindy6602]

Weckl, Gadd and Smith are great drummers, no question, but they're drummers who play jazz occasionally( today's jazz greats are more the likes of Jeff Watts, Bill Stewart, Brian Blade etc). And if the likes of Papa Jo and Kenny Clarke aren't making the all-time list, then the list isn't worth taking seriously imo. In fact, you could narrow the all-time greats down to just two or three ; players who had such a profound influence on the instrument, played in such a way, that changed whole concepts of playing : Kenny Clarke, who is credited as being the first to have put the time on the ride cymbal, and Elvin, who broke away from crunching 2&4 on the hihat with a pretty static ride cymbal pattern to playing in a freer, more broken way, accenting the ands on the ride, with the other three limbs supporting the ride as he saw fit. Both Kenny and Elvin really were pioneers of the instrument.

[@65drummer1]

I wish the recording of Billy Cobham was better. That guy I listened to on his solo album and he sounded like thunder.

[@eduardoprieto5267]

Brother you just put out a bad ass video. No question baby ?

[@Badhands55]

What a fantastic video ! Thanks you just made my day better!

[@derekgreene2304]

I watched the movie whiplash last night, and know nothing about drums etc, who was the best here, and who was the best,or bests, and what was the best solo of all time, just thought I'd ask. Different stokes for different blokes,

[@drumboogie2555]

I love Art Taylor's playing.

[@865sticks]

What about Rufus Speedy Jones? he was a great drummer and you didn't mention him.

[@tomamyx3980]

And... over the past 40 plus years - Jeff Hamilton

[@dallasstiles118]

Thanks for mentioning him

[@doremi9]

He is so tasteful, a real musician.

[@sedatfirat8723]

Selam Emre, benim favorilerim " Vinni Collaita ve Dennis Chambers..

[@davidives7997]

Excellence. Senri kawaguchi needs adding. And she's gorgeous...

[@israelbekang6877]

Oh my God it's just wanderful thank you for this 🔥🔥🔥

[@danielelunardi8014]

Dave Weckl, the summary of one hundred years of drums.

[@kingj282]

Absolutely Legendary

[@kacornish1]

My first thought about this list was that he sure is missing some of the all-time greats from his best drummers list... But the list is his "Favorite 12 Best Jazz Drummers", so for that, its a great list of drummers. I'm not familiar with a few of these guys, like Gadd and Mayer. In their place I would add Roy Haynes and Gene Krupa. There are a few others I would add from the 50s and 60s if I were doing a list of my own.

[@williamcarbone]

Gene Krupa, Louis Belson, Cozy Cole...

[@robertshuruncle9619]

nice choices. I wouldn't eliminate anyone but I would say you could very easily have brought a better example of Elvin's genius than that snippet from 3 Card Monty. I would also say Ed Blackwell belongs in the mix.

[@ikigomez1407]

Gerry Hemingway, Andrew Cyrille, Makaya Ntshoko, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Hamid Drake, Al Foster...

[@jojodixon1617]

Wow thanks im 66 and did not know what a thoughtvi did on drummers, a new expieriance for sure.my favorite 3 rock drumners are ginger baker,john bonham. Anf neil peart

[@johnboyle3297]

No list that fails to include Kenny Clarke is a list worth considering

[@lastknowngood0]

Klook lives!

[@johnboyle3297]

@@lastknowngood0 I had the great pleasure of a lesson with him

[@kevinguillaume7895]

I heard that!!! One of the 1st guy to say: “ Do I really need to have the kick drum counting 1,2,3,4, all the time? Can’t the bass player do that? Changed the entire game!! Max Roach as well! 🥁🥁

[@scottmoyer1357]

Where is Vinnie, Alan Dawson, Terry Bozzio and a host of others?

[@edwardskinner651]

Any list of great jazz drummers that doesn't include Gene Krupa or Joe Morello is certainly not a great list.

[@david65026]

Or how about Louis Bellson

[@pendragonU]

AMEN, that list is an anti-Christ list in my very humble opinion, Gene was simply The GOAT The stuff he could do with his drums or anything that could make a sound was of someone not of this Earth... also his understanding of timing and complex derivations of sounds to build together was (no pun) unbeatable. Making a same note in two dozen different ways but remaining the same, with drums is what someone like Bocuse could do among master chefs of all time, each great and unique, but then there is that level that makes you The Pope in cuisine, same with master Krupa. He could play even in ways NOT HIS OWN, like Mozart could outperform Salieri or Bach and Beethoven himself with just one or two listenings. That good that he can beat you at your own beat (pun fully beated). You are born that gifted, you dont get to it just by training and getting better. You are just great and then play as the Greatest because you were gifted that key ingredient that makes the difference. Not faster and chaotic noise maker, just a performance you may mimic but not the sensibilities to come up on your own. There's a difference between highly trained monkeys and a human touched by the Angels himself, even if not done an to deserve it. That Divine wunder

[@ultrahero2115]

Krupa and Joe are important sure, but downright boring in comparison to a lot of the drummers on this list.

[@ChicWebb]

@@ultrahero2115 sorry you are so bored.

[@haywoodjablowme7792]

Yeah they’re great drummers but don’t compare to drummers like Elvis, cobham, and Williams

[@victorsegal9393]

Absolutely! Where the hell is the drummers’ drummer - Joe Morello

[@rogermansour6085]

Great choices, however you forgot Gene Krupa, Louis Bellson, Sonny Emory, Vinnie Coluata

[@plainjane34]

Sonny Emory is amazing.

[@cleanslate2004]

I'm partial to Krupa, who to me was way ahead of his time. He Hadn't the degree of technical abilities of a Riche, but his thump was guttural & had a Rock feel before there was Rock. Bonham & Baker follow in what ever order. I say this if the criteria were for both solos & creatively blending during collaboration. I always lean toward the collaborative, because that's the basis for any composition. If the criteria was for solos alone there are tons of great soloists you could argue are the best.

[@andrewleventis8341]

the world has so many good(sorry great) drummers each with a unique style...

[@sanjaygokavi5720]

Good list. Please let me nominate to the vast and wonderful recommendations among the comments - JEFF PORCARO. Listen to him playing on Pink Floyd's Mother, apart from his amazing work with TOTO.

[@jerryde2861]

You left the most tasty drummer of all off your listPhiladelphia's pride and joy. The late.... Lex Humphries

[@零一堂-j4n]

Lex Humphries is one of the best among the underrated drummers.

[@jerryde2861]

@@零一堂-j4n Yes he was and he played with so many masters. Coltrane, Yusef Lateef,, Dizzy, Wes Montgomery.,etc..adding flavor and tasty licks to them all.

[@wRAAh]

Come on guys... Dannie Richmond surely?

[@gratitude62]

I am amazed at all the complaining about about one or anothers favorite few not being in the list and thus the list is invalid somehow. I found this to be an obvious constraint with an easy solution. There is no 1 GOAT. There are many GOATS, and too little space on likely any KZbin compilation to name them. GOATS come in herds and bunches. If dissatisfied add to our collective appreciation, show us who you admire. Seems like most people on this thread look forward to anyone enriching the presentation.

[@surfer-te4lr]

Joe Morello....the goat, period. Drummers know. Da fastest left hand EVER....

[@dibber43]

Nope. Buddy Rich had THE fastest left hand EVER!!! Buddy Rich is THE 🐐

[@josephgiarraffa6379]

Nice stuff A lot of innovators at the time I have my favorites but when it comes down to it no one here is in the league of Buddy Rich Things evolved but never will u see Buddies special gift

[@jeffreyalexander7504]

Steve Gadd and Jo Jo Mayer make your list of "jazz" drummers, and Philly Jo Jones didn't? .....are you sure about that?

[@williamdavis1803]

Any list like this should include Louie Bellson. I mean the guy invented the double bass drum technique! What about Gene Krupa...... Not a thought out list.

[@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625]

great choices

[@marcelonerymusical]

Thank you!

[@HSDarke]

Erskine's technique is flawless.

[@federicojaviergrandinetti6168]

Concurso a ver quién hace más batifondo !!

[@ChristopherJones-cjphoto]

the image is cropped wrong- drummers are not centered

[@Huntington2012ify]

Some here do not belong. Where is Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Joe Morello, Antonio Sanchez, Philly Joe Jones and Eddie Gladden?