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 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 Mike Dillon Debra Dobkin Josh Dun (Twenty One Pilots)
E
Coke Escovedo Pete Escovedo Peter Michael Escovedo Sheila Escovedo Tony Esposito
F
Jan Faulkner 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) 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 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 Tim Quy
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 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) Melanie Woods
Y
Stomu Yamashta
Z
Yatta Zoe
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