Favorite percussionists
 

Who are your favorite percussionists? Feel free to interpret the word as liberally as you like (no need to limit yourself to "drummers"). I'm particularly interested in percussion that stands alone well without accompaniment.

Moondog is one of my favorite musicians ever.

I've also been quite interested in this chap lately: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/199

And many many more. How about you?

Glenn Kotche

Tony Oxley
Milford Graves

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There's a guy who I saw playing with John Zorn a few years ago was fantastic. Also guys that I've seen play with Herbie Hancock and James Brown.
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If I can find their names later, I'll post them.


EDIT: The guy with Zorn was Cyro Baptista

Oh yeah, also F.M. Einheit (Mufti), N.U. Unruh and Rudi Moser of Einstuerzende Neubauten

Ah, I was thinking of Joey Baron, but I guess you know about him.


I'm also going to add Joey Baron to mine :)

I was going strictly for percussionists, but, yeah, very good call.

And finally... Jim Sclavunos for his Bad Seeds work

Rick Allen. I mean, for fucks sake!

Isn't he?

I've only ever seen him sat behind a drum kit in Masada, but I'm in no position to say that he's never done whatever it is that one does with a marimba.

worlds most recorded drummer, pretty purdie

Ah, I see what you are saying. Although the marimba is still a percussion instrument, it's not percussion in the way some people see percussion I guess.

I was going to say more, but I don't want to start the "what really is percussion" debate that would have been inevitable afterwards :)

John Stanier rocks!

Evelyn Glennie... the best deaf percussionist I know of.

Steve Shelley, Jimmy Chamberlin - I know, I know, Chris Acland

wow, 15 posts and no mention of art blakey yet?!?!

Martin Atkins
cEvin Key
MF DOOM
Stephen Perkins

Steve "motherfuckin'" Shelley.

Tim Daisy

ppl who come to mind first:

SS Beat Control, obviously.
Dale Crover
Guilermo E. Brown
DJ Shadow
and Sara Lund was pretty great