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  1. Bebop Jazz Icons:

    • Art Blakey (Moanin' - The Jazz Messengers)
    • Kenny Clarke (Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk)
    • Max Roach (Cherokee - Clifford Brown/Max Roach)
    • Roy Haynes (Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk)
    • Philly Joe Jones (Billy Boy - Miles Davis)
    • Jimmy Cobb (Kind of Blue - Miles Davis)

    British Rock Royalty:

    • Ringo Starr (Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles)
    • Charlie Watts (Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones)
    • Keith Moon (Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who)
    • Ginger Baker (White Room - Cream)
    • John Bonham (Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin)
    • Mitch Mitchell (Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix Experience)

    Afro-Cuban Hits - Ballroom, Folkloric & Pop:

    • Para Los Rumberos - Tito Puente (Mike Collazo, drums)
    • Quimbara - Celia Cruz (Johnny Pacheco, percussion)
    • Ponte Para Las Cosas - Los Van Van (Changuito, drums)
    • The Glamorous Life - Sheila E (Sheila E, drums & percussion)
    • Xiomara - Irakere (Bernardo García, drums)
    • Oren - Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Ignacio Berroa, drums)

    "The Latin Tinge" in Jazz Music:

    • Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie Big Band (Chano Pozo, congas; Kenny Clarke, drums)
    • Caravan - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
    • So Danco Samba - Stan Getz, Joåo Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim (Milton Banana, drums)
    • O Grande Amour - Stan Getz (Grady Tate, drums)
    • La Fiesta - Chick Corea & Return to Forever (Airto, drums)
    • The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan (Billy Higgins, drums)

    "The Latin Tinge" in Pop/Rock/R&B Music:

    • What'd I Say? - Ray Charles Orchestra (Milt Turner, drums)
    • Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 (João Palma, drums)
    • Oye Como Va - Santana (Michael Shrieve, drums)
    • Late in the Evening - Paul Simon (Steve Gadd, drums)
    • No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley & the Wailers (Carlton Barrett, drums)
    • Cecila - Simon & Garfunkel (Airto, percussion; João Palma, drums)

    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA:

    • Struttin' with Some Barbeque - Louis Armstrong (Warren "Baby" Dodds, drums)
    • Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal (Vernel Fournier, drums)
    • Hey Pocky Way - The Meters (Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, drums)
    • Iko Iko (Brother John) - The Neville Brothers (Herman Ernest, drums)
    • Big Chief - Professor Longhair (Johnny Vidacovich, drums)
    • Second Line - Treme Brass Band (Herlin Riley, drums)

    Shuffle Rhythms:

    • Choo, Choo, Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five (Christopher Columbus, drums)
    • Green Onions - Booker T & the MGs (Al Jackson, Jr., drums)
    • Doin' it to Death - James Brown (John "Jab'o" Starks, drums)
    • Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (Marvin Gaye, drums)
    • Babylon Sisters - Steely Dan (Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums)
    • Party Time - Buddy Rich Big Band

    5 Milestone Big Band Drumming Recordings:

    • The Mooche - Duke Ellington Orchestra (Sonny Greer, drums)
    • Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie Orchestra (Jo Jones, drums)
    • Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman Orchestra (Gene Krupa, drums)
    • Cute - Count Basie Orchestra (Sonny Payne, drums)
    • West Side Story Medley - Buddy Rich New Swingin' Big Band
    • Skin Deep - Duke Ellington Orchestra (Louie Bellson, drums & composer)