I'm going to do a run-down on my top jazz drummers. The fact that I don't include a particular drummer means only that he (or she!) does not belong to my purely personal pantheon. Yet at the same time my list is highy "canonical" and utterly unoriginal. This is my basic list, in approximate order. An asterisk means that I have seen the drummer perform in person.

1. Elvin*
2. Tony
3. Max*
4. Papa Jo
5. Billy*
6. Tito*
7. Ed*
8. Philly Joe
9. Roy
10. Art
11. Jimmy