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. If a percussionist specializes in a particular instrument, it is listed in parentheses. “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... “Percussion” redirects here. ... This is a list of drummers, mostly in the fields of metal, rock, and jazz. ...

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• Keiko Abe (marimba)
• Alex Acuña
• Charlie Adams* Papa Dee Allen (War)
• Marc Anderson

Keiko Abe , born April 18, 1937) is a Japanese composer and virtuoso marimba player. ... The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ... Alejandro Acuña aka Alex Acuña (born December 12, 1944) is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist. ... For the American football player of the same name, please see Charlie Adams. ... Papa Dee Allen (born Thomas Sylvester Allen July 18, 1931, in Wilmington, Delaware, died 1988) was an American musician. ... War was a multiracial, multicultural American funk band of the 1970s from Southern California, known for the hit songs Low Rider and Why Cant We Be Friends?. Formed in 1969, War was the first and most successful musical crossover, fusing elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin music, R&B... Marc Anderson, is an American percussionist who has toured and recorded with Steve Tibbetts since 1977. ...

B

• Jimmy Blades
• Samm Bennett
• Michael Bruno
• Cyro Baptisto

James Blades OBE was an English percussionist who died in 1999 at the age of 97. ... Samm Bennett (born 1957, is an American singer/songwriter and percussionist. ... Michael Bruno (? – 1996) was an Isreali economist who was affiliated with several leading universities, among these the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ...

C

• Pius Cheung (marimba)
• Dale E Chung (Con Funk Shun)
• Pablo Cook
• Shawn Crahan

Pius Cheung (born 1982) is a marimbist and composer. ... The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ... Con Funk Shun were an American funk band popular in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Shawn Clown Crahan (September 24, 1969), is a percussionist in the American nu metal band Slipknot. ...

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• Chris Fehn
• Everett Firth (timpani)

Christopher Chris Michael Fehn was born February 24, 1972 and is one of three drummers in the metal band Slipknot. ... Everett Vic Firth is a percussionist best known for founding the drum stick company, Vic Firth, bearing his name. ... A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ...

G

• Peter Giger
• Evelyn Glennie
• Trilok Gurtu

Peter Giger (born April 12, 1939 in Zurich, grown up in and near to Berne) is a Swiss percussionist and bandleader. ... Evelyn Glennie on the cover of her greatest hits album. ... Trilok Gurtu is an Indian percussionist, widely acclaimed by his unique and awesome approach to music. ...

H

• Mickey Hart
• Giovanni Hidalgo (congas)
• Jamey Haddad

Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. ... Giovanni Hidalgo (born March 9, 1963, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a musician who is considered by many to be one of the top percussionists in the world today. ... Conga is a drum, a type of music, and a type of dance (Conga Line). ... Jamey George Haddad (b. ...

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J

• Alex Jacobowitz (xylophone)
• Bashiri Johnson

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kulintang a Kayo, a Philippine xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia. ...

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• Ken Lewis
• Randall Lamb

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M

• Alex MacDougall
• Billy Mason
• Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
• Kenny Muhammad

Alex MacDougall is a producer, and percussionist. ... Billy Thunder Mason (born Fairborn, Ohio) is an American drummer who is a member of Tim McGraws touring band, The Dancehall Doctors. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Kenny Muhammad is a beatboxer referred to as the human orchestra. He has worked with other rappers and beatboxers such as Matisyahu and Rahzel. ...

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• Max Neuhaus

Max Neuhaus (1939 in Beaumont, TX) is a renowned percussionist and composer of numerous sound installations. ...

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P

• Richard Pelham
• Joe Porcaro
• Tito Puente (timbales)

Richard Ward Dick Pelham (13 February 1815—October 1876), born Richard Ward Pell, was an American blackface performer. ... Joe Porcaro (currently resident in Los Angeles) is an American jazz drummer. ... Tito Puente, Sr. ... Timbales (or tymbales) are shallow single-headed drums, shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned. ...

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• Rahzel
• Hossam Ramzy
• Daniel De los Reyes
• Emil Richards

Rahzel (full name Rahzel M. Brown) is probably best known in the semi-mainstream world as a member of the Roots, Rahzel is an MC that specializes in the fifth element of hip-hop culture -- beatboxing (which comes after graffiti spraying, DJing, MCing, and breakdancing). ... Hossam Ramzy (Arabic: حسام رمزى ) is a professional percussionist, composer and music arranger. ... Emil Richards is a percussionist who plays a variety of different percussive instruments. ...

S

• Poncho Sánchez
• Mongo Santamaría
• Sivamani
• Eric Stuer

CD cover for Poncho Sanchezs Latin Soul Poncho Sanchez (born October 30, 1951) is a Latin jazz artist, salsa singer, band leader and conguero (conga player). ... Ramón Mongo Santamaría (April 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. ... Anandan Sivamani (born 1959), popularly known as Sivamani, is an Indian percussionist. ... Eric Stuer (born April 14, 1953 in Stamford CN USA) was exposed to a wide variety of music and art at an early age by his family, who enjoyed an active artistic lifestyle in the NYC area. ...

T

• Dudu Tucci

Dudu Tucci (full name: Eduardo Tucci da Silva; born May 5, 1955 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian percussionist, singer and composer. ...

U

• Ruth Underwood (Frank Zappa) (Marimba)

Ruth Underwood, (born Ruth Komanoff on May 23, 1946) is a retired professional musician, best known and revered for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone and other percussion in Frank Zappas Mothers (of Invention) from 1969 to 1977. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ...

V

• Nana Vasconcelos

Nana Vasconcelos (02 August 1944 - ) is a brazilian percussionist, who specialized in the 60s in the Berimbau. ...

W

• B. David Whitworth (Earth, Wind, & Fire)

B. David Whitworth has been with Earth, Wind,& Fire Since 1996 as a percussionist/vocalist. ... Earth, Wind & Fire is an American funk band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. ...

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• Diego Zangado