Jens Düppe (* 1974 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) is a German modern jazz drummer .

Düppe took piano lessons at an early age and began to learn drums at the age of ten. He studied at the Liszt School of Music Weimar and from 1996 at the Conservatorium voor Muziek in Amsterdam, where he completed his master's degree based on the regular course. During his student days, he received grants to work in New York City in 2001 . Düppe was a member of the Federal Jazz Orchestra in the mid-1990s . In 2003 Albert Mangelsdorff brought him to the Franco-German Jazz Ensemble ; he also played in the quintet with Wolfgang Dauner . He is a member of Matthias Schriefl's Shreefpunk Quartet , the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra and the bands of Oliver Leicht , Matthias Bergmann and Pascal Schumacher . He also plays with the Bulgarian pianist Dimitar Bodurov, who blends folklore from his homeland with jazz, in a trio and duo Neofobic . He gave concerts a.o. with Maria Schneider , Kenny Werner , Lee Konitz , Toots Thielemans , Ack van Rooyen , Charlie Mariano , Bert Joris , Scott Hamilton , Ferdinand Povel , Markus Stockhausen , Caroline Thon , the NDR Bigband and the hr-Bigband . He also took part with Tom Gaebel , Annette Neuffer , Lars Duppler , Olaf Polziehn , Stefan Karl Schmid , Anke Helfrichand Franz Sackenheim. In recent years he has increasingly appeared as the leader of his own bands and as the organizer of the experimental concert series “Kommunikation 9”. From 2006 to 2008, Düppe was a percussion instructor for the Federal Jazz Orchestra. He lives in Cologne. In 2019 he received the WDR Jazz Prize (improvisation).