List of jazz percussionists

This is an alphabetized list of notable musicians who play or played percussion, excluding keyboard percussion. Only add names here if the person has their own article on Wikipedia, please.

A

• Don Alias

B

• Ray Barretto

• Steve Berrios

• Anthony Brown

C

• Candido Camero

D

• Rubem Dantas

• Roger Dawson

F

• Sammy Figueroa

• David Friedman

G

• Sameer Gupta

• Trilok Gurtu

H

• Lionel Hampton

• Giovanni Hidalgo

J

• Koko Jones

M

• Airto Moreira

P

• Armando Peraza

• Chano Pozo

• Tito Puente

R

• Max Roach

S

• Poncho Sánchez

• Mongo Santamaría

• Arturo Stable

T

• Robert Thomas, Jr.

V

• Tony Vacca

• Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Z

• Zakir Hussain