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Billy Cobham - jazz
Carl Palmer - rock (ELP)
Mitch Mitchell - rock (Hendrix Experience)
Ringo Starr - rock
Ian Paice - rock (Deep Purple)

 

[StratocasterMan]

Now I'm getting around to some of my other choices:
 
Rat Scabies - The Damned
 
A killer drummer that most people have ignored.
 

 
Charlie Watts - The Stones
 
Minimalist, but always on time. The glue that made the Stones survive. Who else can say that?
 

 

[ralphp@optonline]

  Charlie Watts - The Stones
 
Minimalist, but always on time. The glue that made the Stones survive. Who else can say that?
 

+1 and he's a very good jazz drummer as well.
 
As Jagger likes to say "Charlie's good night, ain't he?"

 

[musikaladin]

Han Bennink... you can check him out here...

 

[ralphp@optonline]

  Han Bennink... you can check him out here...

+1 - absolutely!

 

[SilverEars]

 

 

[Chris J]

   

Ya gotta love the Roach!
Especially with Clifford Brown on trumpet!

 

[SilverEars]

 

[spook76]

In no particular order except the last being my favorite:

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic and Neal Morse solo)
Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree and tours with King Crimson)
Neal Peart (Rush for technical precision)
Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Genesis, Fates Warning and Big Big Train)
Bill Bruford (the man played for the holy trinity of classic prog rock Yes, King Crimson and toured with Genesis in 1975 (take a listen to the live version of "Cinema Show" off the Live Box album).

 

[jasonb]

Gavin Harrison (jazz/rock)
Neil Peart (rock)
Billy Cobham (jazz/fusion
Bill Bruford (prog rock)
Joey Baron (jazz)
 
A video of Joey Baron. I think the studio version off of the album Mostly Coltrane is better, but this is still quite good:
 

 

[magiccabbage]

  Max Roach - Jazz
 
Art Blakey - Jazz
 
Hamid Drake - Jazz
 
Jack DeJohnette - Jazz
 
Herlin Riley - Jazz
 
'Nuff said

love Herlin he is amazing

 

[ralphp@optonline]

  love Herlin he is amazing

Yes he truly is amazing and he is part of a long tradition of first rate drummers hailing from The Big Easy (aka New Orleans). He definitely does not get the respect he so richly deserves.

 

[musikaladin]

"Top Secret Drum Corps"

 

[Chris J]

Yes he truly is amazing and he is part of a long tradition of first rate drummers hailing from The Big Easy (aka New Orleans). He definitely does not get the respect he so richly deserves.

love Herlin he is amazing

Yep, Herlin is The Man!

 

[otterhound]

Ritchie Hayward of Little Feat
Billy Cobham
James Brown's drummer in the era covered by the In the Jungle Groove album (don't know his name)
David Garibaldi (Tower of Power)
And you gotta love Neal Peart