List of percussionists
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 and list of vibraphonists. If a percussionist specializes in a particular instrument, it is listed in parentheses.
A
- Keiko Abe
- Alex Acuña
- Charlie Adams
- Marc Anderson
- José Areas
- Frank Arsenault
- Okyerema Asante
B
- Lekan Babalola
- Manolo Badrena
- Ginger Baker
- Cyro Baptista
- Michael Alden Bayard
- Samm Bennett
- John Bergamo
- Cindy Blackman Santana
- Richard Bona
- John Bonham
- Gary Burton
C
- Cándido Camero
- Michael Carabello
- Pedro Carneiro
- Christoph Caskel
- Lenny Castro
- Pius Cheung
- Mino Cinélu
- Frank Colón
- Luis Conte
- Bob Conti
- Ray Cooper
- Mayuto Correa
- Shawn Crahan
- Colin Currie
D
- Paulinho da Costa
- Rubem Dantas
- Mike Dillon
- Debra Dobkin
- Josh Dun
E
- Coke Escovedo
- Pete Escovedo
- Peter Michael Escovedo
- Sheila Escovedo
- Tony Esposito
F
- Jan Faulkner
- Chris Fehn
- Victor Feldman
- Will Ferrell
- Vic Firth
- Tristan Fry
G
- Steve Gadd
- Guille Garcia
- Peter Giger
- Evelyn Glennie
- Martin Grubinger
- Trilok Gurtu
H
- Jamey Haddad
- Bobbye Hall
- Lionel Hampton
- Jason Hann
- Ralph Hardimon
- Mickey Hart
- Giovanni Hidalgo
- Taku Hirano
- Marty Hurley
- Zakir Hussain
J
- Alex Jacobowitz
K
- Kalani
- Donald Knaack
L
- Joe Lala
- Jody Linscott
- Pete Lockett
M
- Ralph MacDonald
- Alex MacDougall
- Ed Mann
- Mitch Markovich
- Marilyn Mazur
- Othello Molineaux
- Moondog
- Airto Moreira
- Luigi Morleo
- Katarzyna Mycka
N
- Andy Narell
- Hani Naser
- Max Neuhaus
O
- Babatunde Olatunji
- Laudir de Oliveira
P
- Morris Pert
- Morris Palter
- Neil Peart
- Lisa Pegher
- Richard Pelham
- Armando Peraza
- Mitchell Peters
- Joe Porcaro
- Chano Pozo
- Tito Puente
Q
- Taufiq Qureshi
- Tim Quy
R
- Layne Redmond
- Daniel de los Reyes
- Walfredo de los Reyes
- Walfredo [Reyes Jr.]
- Emil Richards
- Frank Ricotti
- John Bernard Riley
- Dom Um Romão
S
- Bobby Sanabria
- Poncho Sanchez
- Mongo Santamaría
- Joe Saylor
- Steven Schick
- Rainer Seegers
- Sheila E.
- Ramesh Shotham
- Rick Shutter
- Sivamani
- Stuart Saunders Smith
- Leigh Howard Stevens
- Latyr Sy
T
- Crystal Taliefero
- Third [Coast Percussion]
- Cal Tjader
- Arto Tunçboyacıyan
U
- Ruth Underwood
V
- David Van Tieghem
- Nana Vasconcelos
- Glen Velez
- Tommy Vig
- Paolo Vinaccia
- T. H. Vinayakram
W
- Beibei Wang Chinese multi-percussionist living in London
- Stokley Williams
- Melanie Woods
Y
- Stomu Yamashta
Z
- Yatta Zoe