Drums – Grad Mentors

Alex Acuna
Airto
Rashied Ali
Don Alias
Jeff Ballard
Louis Bellson
Steve Berrios
Cindy Blackman
Ed Blackwell
Brian Blade
Art Blakey
Terry Bozzio
Paolo Braga
Keith Carlock
Terri Lyne Carrington
Big Sid Catlett
Dennis Chambers
Leon “Ndugu” Chancelor
Mike Clark
Kenny Clarke
Jimmy Cobb
Billy Cobham
Vinnie Colaiuta
Cozy Cole
Andrew Cyrille
Alan Dawson
Jack DeJohnette
Warren “Baby” Dodds
Frankie Dunlop
Peter Erskine
Al Foster
Vernel Fournier
Panama Francis
Steve Gadd

David Garibaldi
Danny Gottlieb
Eric Gravatt
John Guerin
Omar Hakim
Lionel Hampton
Eric Harland
Billy Hart
Louis Hayes
Roy Haynes
Horacio “el Negro” Hernandez
Giovanni Hidalgo
Billy Higgins
Ari Hoenig
Gary Husband
Gene Jackson
Elvin Jones
Harold Jones
Papa Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
Steve Jordan
Connie Kay
Billy Kilson
Gene Krupa
Larnell Lewis
Mel Lewis
Victor Lewis
Shelly Manne
Harvey Mason
Jojo Mayer
Joseph “Ziggy” Modeliste
Joe Morello
Paul Motian

Alphonse Mouzon
Idris Muhammad
Lewis Nash
Gary Novak
Adam Nussbaum
Sonny Payne
Lee Pearson
Simon Phillips
Jeff Porcaro
Portinho
Bernard Purdie
Luis “Changuito” Quintano
Buddy Rich
Dannie Richmond
Ben Riley
Max Roach
Antonio Sanchez
Ed Shaughnessy
Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith
Steve Smith
Aaron Spears
Bill Stewart
Grady Tate
Art Taylor
Ed Thigpen
Nasheet Waits
Narada Michael Walden
Kenny Washington
Jeff “Tain” Watts
Chick Webb
Dave Weckl
Lenny White
Tony Williams