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The Most "Influential" Drummers - The ones who started it all

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Buddy Rich Report Abuse
Buddy Rich has been dubbed many things for nearly 70 years now. To name a few: Superman, a drumming god and the Mozart of the drums…
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Elvin Jones Report Abuse
His polyrhythmic style not only influenced thousands of jazz drummers, he was a major inspiration for later influential rock drummers, Mitch Mitchell and John Densmore.
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Earl Palmer Report Abuse
This man just about invented modern rock drumming!
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Woops! You mean "C"arl Palmer... not "E"arl.
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nelz ze ninja Report Abuse
This ninja helped children all over the world learn how to drum
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Sean Thomas Gill Report Abuse
Most amazing drummer ever!!!!!!! I dont need proof he is just that awsome
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Sean Gill Report Abuse
i dont need a reason he is awsome
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Warren 'Baby' Dodds Report Abuse
We already have Buddy Rich on our list…and who other than the great Warren "Baby" Dodds could be Rich's icon? He was the first important drummer of New Orleans Jazz. A master of percussion and effects.
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'Papa' Jo Jones Report Abuse
One of the coolest people to ever play the drums. His taste, swing, and solos are just joyful, it's impossible to watch him without smiling.
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Max Roach Report Abuse
The most precise and musical of the beboppers. With Kenny Clarke he transferred the pulse to the ride cymbal.
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Fred Below Report Abuse
The electrified Chicago blues of the 1950's and 1960's was the foundation that bands like the Rolling Stones and led Zeppelin based their riffs, feel, and attitude on. Fred, a trained jazz drummer, was one of the most skillful, important, and influential.
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