Editing List of percussionists

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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.
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==A==
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* [[Keiko Abe]] ([[marimba]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Tim |date=2012-10-19 |title=Keiko Abe |url=https://drummagazine.com/keiko-abe-how-to-build-a-marimba-village/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=DRUM! Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Alex Acuña]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jurek |first=Thom |title=Alex Acuña Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alex-acu%C3%B1a-mn0000936822 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Adams (drummer)|Charlie Adams]]
* [[Marc Anderson]]
* [[José Areas]]
* [[Frank Arsenault]]
* [[Okyerema Asante]]

==B==
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* [[Lekan Babalola]]
* [[Manolo Badrena]]
* [[Ginger Baker]]
* [[Cyro Baptista]]
* [[Michael Alden Bayard]]
* [[Samm Bennett]]
* [[John Bergamo]]
* [[Cindy Blackman Santana]]
* [[Richard Bona]]
* [[John Bonham]]
* [[Gary Burton]]

==C==
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* [[Cándido Camero]]
* [[Michael Carabello]]
* [[Pedro Carneiro (musician)|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 (band)|Slipknot]])
* [[Colin Currie]]

==D==
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* [[Paulinho da Costa]]
* [[Rubem Dantas]]
* [[Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon]]
* [[Debra Dobkin]]
* [[Josh Dun]] ([[Twenty One Pilots]])



==E==
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* [[Coke Escovedo]]
* [[Pete Escovedo]]
* [[Peter Michael Escovedo]]
* [[Sheila Escovedo]]
* [[Tony Esposito (musician)|Tony Esposito]]

==F==
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* [[Jan Faulkner]]
* [[Chris Fehn]] ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]])
* [[Victor Feldman]]
* [[Will Ferrell]] ([[Cowbell (instrument)|Cowbell]])
* [[Vic Firth]]
* [[Tristan Fry]]

==G==
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* [[Steve Gadd]]
* [[Guille Garcia]]
* [[Peter Giger]]
* [[Evelyn Glennie]]
* [[Martin Grubinger]]
* [[Trilok Gurtu]]

==H==
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* [[Jamey Haddad]]
* [[Bobbye Hall]]
* [[Lionel Hampton]] ([[vibraphone]])
* [[Jason Hann]]
* [[Ralph Hardimon]]
* [[Mickey Hart]] ([[Drum]])
* [[Giovanni Hidalgo]] ([[congas]])
* [[Taku Hirano]]
* [[Marty Hurley]]
* [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]

==J==
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* [[Alex Jacobowitz]] ([[xylophone]])

==K==
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* [[Kalani Das|Kalani]]
* [[Donald Knaack]]

==L==
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* [[Joe Lala]]
* [[Jody Linscott]]
* [[Pete Lockett]]

==M==
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* [[Ralph MacDonald]]
* [[Alex MacDougall]]
* [[Ed Mann]]
* [[Mitch Markovich]]
* [[Marilyn Mazur]]
* [[Othello Molineaux]] ([[steel drums]])
* [[Moondog]]
* [[Airto Moreira]]
* [[Luigi Morleo]]
* [[Katarzyna Mycka]]

==N==
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* [[Andy Narell]]
* [[Hani Naser]]
* [[Max Neuhaus]]

==O==
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* [[Babatunde Olatunji]]
* [[Laudir de Oliveira]]

==P==
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* [[Morris Pert]]
* [[Morris Palter]]
* [[Neil Peart]]
* [[Lisa Pegher]]
* [[Richard Pelham]]
* [[Armando Peraza]]
* [[Mitchell Peters]]
* [[Joe Porcaro]]
* [[Chano Pozo]]
* [[Tito Puente]]

==Q==
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* [[Taufiq Qureshi]]
* [[Tim Quy]]

==R==
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* [[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 ==
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* [[Bobby Sanabria]]
* [[Poncho Sanchez]]
* [[Mongo Santamaría]]
* [[Joe Saylor]]
* [[Steven Schick]]
* [[Rainer Seegers]] ([[timpani]])
* [[Sheila E.]]
* [[Ramesh Shotham]]
* [[Rick Shutter]]
* [[Sivamani (percussionist)|Sivamani]]
* [[Stuart Saunders Smith]]
* [[Leigh Howard Stevens]]
* [[Latyr Sy]]

==T==
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* [[Crystal Taliefero]]
* [[Third Coast Percussion]]
* [[Cal Tjader]]
* [[Arto Tunçboyacıyan]]

==U==
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* [[Ruth Underwood]] ([[Frank Zappa]]) ([[Marimba]])

==V==
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* [[David Van Tieghem]]
* [[Nana Vasconcelos]]
* [[Glen Velez]]
* [[Tommy Vig]]
* [[Paolo Vinaccia]]
* [[T. H. Vinayakram]]

==W==
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* [[Beibei Wang]] (1986 - ) Chinese multi-percussionist living in London
* [[Stokley Williams]] (1989–present) ([[Mint Condition (band)|Mint Condition]])
* [[Melanie Woods (musician)|Melanie Woods]]

==Y==
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* [[Stomu Yamashta]]

==Z==
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*[[Yatta Zoe]]

== References ==
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