Must be rock drummers. An all-time list that doesn't include Gene Krupa isn't worth reading.
I was watching the “Benny Goodman Story” the other day. Gene Krupa played himself in it, along with Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton.
In the forties and fifties the studios made some interesting biopics about musicians. The stories were fabricated fluff of course (although the BG one had some accurate parts) but part of the fun with them was many of the original artists were still alive, so they played themselves. One of the best with that was Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin). That one even had some of the old twenties vaudevillians that made his music famous.
They would apply a ton of pancake to make these old guys look young. Of course they just made them look strange, but they are fun to watch, knowing you really are looking at the history. With the BG one they actually recreated his famous 38 Carnegie Hall concert, with the original Krupa, Harry James, etc.
Rhapsody is OOP and hard to get. I just keep waiting patiently.