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Rank   Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Nationality
  1. 1
    Hard rock, Heavy metal, Folk rock, Blues-rock
  2. 2
    Post-bop, Hard bop, Avant-garde jazz, Modal jazz
    Pontiac
    Youngblood, Mr. Jones, The Main Force, Poly-Currents, Brother John, The Ultimate, Genesis, IN EUROPE, Live at the Lighthouse, The Complete Blue Note Sessions, Time Capsule, Live at the Village Vanguard, Puttin' It Together, The Complete Blue Note Sessions Disc 1, Summit Meeting, Elvin!, Dear John C., Love & Peace, Remembrance, On the Mountain, It Don't Mean a Thing, Momentum Space, Flute By-Laws, The Complete Blue Note Sessions Disc 2, Coalition, At This Point In Time, New Agenda, Merry-Go-Round, Illumination!, Dear John C. More
    United States of America
  3. 3
    Rock music, Hard rock, Pop rock, Heavy metal, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Power pop, Blues, Surf music, Art rock, Protopunk, Skiffle More
    Harlesden
    Two Sides of the Moon
    England, Sweden
  4. 4
    Hard rock, Progressive rock, Heavy metal, Jazz, Swing, Big band
    Hamilton
    A Work in Progress, The Hockey Theme, Anatomy of a Drum Solo
    Canada
  5. 5
    Hard rock, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Jazz, Psychedelic rock
    Live !, Horses & Trees, Stratavarious, Do What You Like, No Material, African Force, Middle Passage More
    England
  6. 6
    Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Big band
    Brooklyn
    Very Live at Buddy's Place, Buddy Rich Presented by Lionel Hampton, Krupa and Rich, Stick It, Rich in London, The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio, Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich, The Roar of '74, Class of '78, Live At Ronnie Scott's, Buddy's Rock (feat. Lionel Hampton), Swingin' New Big Band, Buddy Rich in Miami, Playtime, Buddy Rich Just Sings, Buddy and Sweets, Very Live at Buddy's Place, Rich and Famous, Compact Jazz, In Miami, Midnite Jazz & Blues: Courage, Richcraft, The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived With... The Best Band I Ever Had, The Swinging Buddy Rich, Rich and Famous, Are You Ready for This?, The Bull, Live at Ronnie Scott's, Rich Versus Roach, Plays and Plays and Plays, Big Band Machine, Big Swing Face, The Voice Is Rich, The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio, No Funny Hats, No Jive, Giant Steps, Together Again: For the First Time, Rich Ala Rahka, The Buddy Rich Band, Mercy, Mercy, A Different Drummer, Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer, The Wailing Buddy Rich, Rags to Riches, Buddy & Soul, Time Out, Jazz Off the Air, Volume 5: The Cinch, The Legendary Buddy Rich, This One's for Basie, Burnin' Beat, The Jazz Masters, The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio, The Driver, The New One!, Wham!, Time Being, Great Moments, The Best of Buddy Rich: The Pacific Jazz Years, Mr. Drums: Buddy Rich & His Band Live on King Street, Blues Caravan, That's Rich, Last Blues Album More
    United States of America
  7. 7
    Rock music, Jazz, New Wave, Pop music, Reggae, Reggae rock, Progressive rock More
    Alexandria
    The Equaliser & Other Cliffhangers, The Leopard Son, The Rhythmatist, Rapa Nui, Silent Fall, Klark Kent, Klert Kant, Kollected Works, Rumble Fish, The Stewart Copeland Anthology, Rumble Fish, Talk Radio / Wall Street More
    United States
  8. 8
    Rock music, Popular music, Jazz
    Newark
    United States of America
  9. 9
    Hard rock, Heavy metal
    Nijmegen
    United States of America, Netherlands, Indonesia
  10. 10
    Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rock, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Reggae, Blues More
    London
    England
  11. 11
    Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Punk rock, Thrash metal, Death metal, Hardcore punk, Post-grunge, Stoner rock, Doom metal, Grunge music More
    Warren
    Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters, Pocketwatch, Probot, Touch More
    United States of America
  12. 12
    Rock music, Jazz fusion, Punk rock, Jazz, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Jam band More
    Philadelphia
    United States of America
  13. 13
    Jazz, Bebop, Hard bop
    Pittsburgh
    Feel the Wind, A Night at Birdland Vol. 3, Indestructible, At the Jazz Corner of the World, Drums Around the Corner, The African Beat, Jazz in Paris: Paris Jam Session, Orgy in Rhythm, Volume Two, Birdland Masters, Volume 2, The Jazz Messengers, Holiday for Skins, Volume 2, Blakey with the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!, Free For All, Quadromania: Out of Nowhere, Three Blind Mice, Volume 1, On View at the Five Spot Cafe, A Night at Birdland Vol. 2, Roots & Herbs, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud / Des femmes disparaissent, Jazz Messages, Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers, Originally, Orgy in Rhythm, Ugetsu, The Witch Doctor, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live at Ronnie Scott's, In This Korner, Just Jazz: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Live, Mosaic, A Night in Tunisia, Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers, The Jazz Messenger, Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Art Blakey, Blakey, Midnite Jazz & Blues: My Romance, Birdland Masters, Volume 1, Pisces, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk, The Big Beat, Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Breeze and I, A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March, The Best of Art Blakey, Once Upon a Groove, A Night at Birdland, Volume 1, A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1, At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2, Sound of Jazz, Jazz in Paris: 1958 Paris Olympia, A Night in Tunisia, Live Messengers, Latin & Jazz, Volume 1, Theory of Art, The Freedom Rider, Africaine, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Jazz Message, The African Beat, Child's Dance, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Africaine, The Concord Jazz Heritage Series, Caravan, A Jazz Message, The History of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Mirage, Orgy in Rhythm, Volume 1, Au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Blues March, Paris 1958, Drum Suite, Like Someone in Love, Planet Jazz More
    United States of America
  14. 14
    Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Instrumental rock
    Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
    United Kingdom, England
  15. 15

    Claude Coleman, Jr.

    United States of America

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