FOR MORE LISTS: EXPAND FOR FULL LIST! 100 Most technically skilled, unique, versatile drummers throughout music. Sorted according to the genre that the drummer is most often referred to as. Jazz 1. Gene Krupa 2. Max Roach 3. Elvin Jones 4. Jack DeJohnette 5. Antonio Sanchez 6. Paul Wertico 7. Jeff “Tain“ Watts 8. Al Foster 9. Philly Joe Jones 10. Bernie Dresel 11. Johnny Vidacovich 12. Rashied Ali 13. Greg Hutchinson 14. Louis Bellson 15. Ed Blackwell 16. Roy Haynes 17. Connie Kay 18. Steve Gadd 19. Shelly Manne 20. Buddy Rich 21. Ed Shaughnessy 22. Joe Morello 23. Louis Hayes 24. Lewis Nash 25. Jeff Ballard 26. Art Blakey 27. Billy Higgins 28. Brian Blade 29. Bill Stewart 30. Harvey Mason 31. Peter Erskine Fusion 32. Vinnie Colaiuta 33. Dave Weckl 34. Horacio “El Negro“ Hernandez 35. Alex Acuna
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