| Zakir Hussain | Person | Male | India | 5 | instrument |
| Karl Hyde | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Solomon Ilori | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Amadou Jah | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Steve Jay | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Mutiu Jimoh | | | | | instrument |
| George Jinda | Person | Male | Hungary | | instrument |
| Tunde Jolaosho | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument (as “second talking drum”) |
| Remi Kabaka | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument |
| Guilherme Kastrup | Person | Male | Brazil | 5 | instrument |
| Manu Katché | Person | Male | France | | instrument |
| Kaza | Person | | | | instrument (as “tamani”) |
| Binefou Keita | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument |
| Tiawara Keita | Person | Male | Burkina Faso | | instrument (as “soucou”), instrument (as “tama”) |
| Keljue | Person | Male | Niger | | instrument, member of band |
| Nicholas Kilbourn | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Lawrence Killian | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Kofo the Wonderman | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “track 9”) |
| Moriba Koïta | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “tama”) |
| Folorunsho "Foly" Kolade | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument |
| Mahamadou Koné | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “tama”), instrument |
| Sašo Kotnik | Person | Male | Slovenia | | instrument |
| Dudu' Kouate | Person | Male | Italy | | instrument (as “tama/talking drum”) |
| Mamadou Kouyaté | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “tama”) |
| Eric Kupper | Person | Male | United States | 5 | instrument |
| Abraham Lanlate | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Nojeem Lasisi | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument |
| Gasper Lawal | Person | Male | United Kingdom | 5 | instrument |
| Mustapha Lawal | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument (as “lead talking drum”) |
| Thierry Leest | Person | | | | instrument |
| Josef Leimberg | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| David Liebman | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Pete Lundholm | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “tama”), member of band (as “tama”) |
| Abdou M’Boup | Person | | | | instrument (as “tama”), instrument |
| Rocky Maffit | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “talking drum (right speaker)”), instrument |
| Toure Mamadon | Person | | | | instrument |
| Joansa Maravilla | Person | Male | Spain | | instrument |
| Billy Martin | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Pablo Martin | Person | Male | New York | | instrument |
| Louis “Sabu” Martinez | Person | Male | Cuba | 5 | instrument |
| Fredy Massamba | Person | Male | Congo | | instrument |
| Lath D Mbaye | Person | | | | instrument |
| John McDowell | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “tana”) |
| Ngakana Monyelo | | | | | instrument |
| Eddie Moore | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Bob Moses | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Famoudou Don Moye | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “donno”), instrument |
| Isfa'ani Mustapha | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “tama”), instrument |
| Naco | Person | Male | Italy | | instrument |
| Valerie Dee Naranjo | Person | Female | United States | | instrument |
| Cyril Neville | Person | Male | United States | 5 | instrument |
| Stuart Nevitt | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Sebastian Notini | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument (as “tama”), instrument |
| Rossa Ó Snodaigh | Person | Male | Ireland | | instrument |
| Prince Ohaka | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Sonny Okosun | Person | Male | Nigeria | | instrument |
| Aakusti Oksanen | Person | Male | Finland | | instrument |
| Alhaji Timmy Olaitan | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “lead talking drum”), instrument |
| Jon Otis | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| William Parker | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “dunno”), instrument |
| Sergio Pastora Rodriguez | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Ray Pereira | Person | Male | Australia | | instrument |
| Ted Piltzecker | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Jost Pogrzeba | Person | Male | Germany | | instrument |
| Mirtha Pozzi | Person | Female | France | | member of band |
| Andi Pupato | Person | | | | instrument |
| Hanitrarivo Rasoanaivo | Person | Female | Madagascar | | instrument (as “Tama”), instrument (as “tama”) |
| Ravish Momin | Person | Male | United States | | member of band |
| Mauro Refosco | Person | Male | Brazil | | instrument (as “talking drums”), instrument |
| Robert Rich | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Adam Rudolph | Person | Male | United States | | instrument, member of band |
| Rupesh | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Nei Sacramento | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Julien Sagot | Person | Male | Québec | | instrument |
| Suso Sáiz | Person | Male | Spain | | instrument |
| Samba N'Dokh M'Baye | Person | | | | instrument (as “tama”) |
| Keresse Sanou | Person | | Burkina Faso | | instrument (as “tamani”) |
| Shamsi Sarumi | Person | | | | instrument |
| Geovanne Sassá | Person | Male | Brazil | | instrument |
| Oli Savill | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Karen Savõca | Person | Female | United States | 5 | instrument |
| Seckou Keita | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Dieter Serfas | Person | | | | instrument (as “gangan”) |
| Greg Sheehan | Person | Male | Australia | | instrument |
| Steve Shehan | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “bass talking drum”), instrument |
| Sheila E. | Person | Female | United States | 4.5 | instrument |
| Roberto Silva | Person | Male | Brazil | | instrument |
| Moussa Sissokho | Person | | | | instrument (as “tamani”), instrument |
| Sadio Sissokho | Person | Male | Canada | | instrument (as “tama”) |
| Baba Sissoko | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “tama”), instrument (as “taman”), instrument |
| Djimé Sissoko | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “tamani”) |
| Yacouba Sissoko | Person | Male | New York | | instrument (as “tamani”) |
| Antonio Staropoli | Person | Male | Italy | | instrument |
| Foday Musa Suso | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Marcos Suzano | Person | Male | Brazil | 5 | instrument |
| Taki | Person | | | | instrument (as “dono”) |
| Assane Tham | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “Senegalese talking drum”), instrument (as “tama”), instrument |
| Mamane Thiam | Person | | | | instrument |
| Yamar Thiam | Person | | Senegal | | instrument |
| Mahamadou Tounkara | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “tama”) |