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 (marimba)
 * 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 (marimba)
 * Christoph Caskel
 * Lenny Castro
 * Pius Cheung (marimba)
 * Mino Cinélu
 * Frank Colón
 * Luis Conte
 * Bob Conti
 * Ray Cooper
 * Mayuto Correa
 * Shawn Crahan (Slipknot)
 * Colin Currie

D

 * Paulinho Da Costa
 * Rubem Dantas
 * Josh Dun (Twenty One Pilots)

E

 * Coke Escovedo
 * Pete Escovedo
 * Peter Michael Escovedo
 * Sheila Escovedo
 * Tony Esposito

F

 * Jan Faulkner (percussionist)
 * Chris Fehn (Slipknot)
 * Victor Feldman
 * Will Ferrell (Cowbell)
 * Vic Firth
 * Tristan Fry

G

 * Steve Gadd
 * Guille Garcia
 * Peter Giger
 * Evelyn Glennie
 * Martin Grubinger
 * Trilok Gurtu

H

 * Jamey Haddad
 * Bobbye Hall
 * Lionel Hampton (vibraphone)
 * Jason Hann
 * Ralph Hardimon
 * Mickey Hart (Drum)
 * Giovanni Hidalgo (congas)
 * Taku Hirano
 * Marty Hurley
 * Zakir Hussain

J

 * Alex Jacobowitz (xylophone)

K

 * Kalani
 * Donald Knaack

L

 * Joe Lala
 * Jody Linscott
 * Pete Lockett

M

 * Ralph MacDonald
 * Alex MacDougall
 * Ed Mann
 * Mitch Markovich
 * Marilyn Mazur
 * Othello Molineaux (steel drums)
 * 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

R

 * Layne Redmond
 * Daniel de los Reyes
 * Walfredo de los Reyes (also known as Walfredo de los Reyes Sr.)
 * Walfredo Reyes Jr. (also known as Walfredo de los 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 (timpani)
 * Sheila E.
 * Ramesh Shotham
 * Rick Shutter
 * Sivamani
 * Stuart Saunders Smith
 * Leigh Howard Stevens
 * Latyr Sy

T

 * Crystal Taliefero
 * Third Coast Percussion
 * Cal Tjader
 * Dudu Tucci
 * Arto Tunçboyacıyan

U

 * Ruth Underwood (Frank Zappa) (Marimba)

V

 * David Van Tieghem
 * Nana Vasconcelos
 * Glen Velez
 * Tommy Vig
 * Paolo Vinaccia
 * T. H. Vinayakram

W

 * Beibei Wang (1986 - ) Chinese multi-percussionist living in London
 * Stokley Williams (1989–present) (Mint Condition)

Y

 * Stomu Yamashta

Z

 * Zakir Hussain