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Terry Bozzio

Terry John Bozzio is widely regarded as being one of the finest drummers of the modern era.

Having made his name recording and touring with Frank Zappa (most notably in the concert movie Baby Snakes), Terry later went on to form Missing Persons with his then-partner and lead vocalist Dale Bozzio, ex-Zappa guitarists Warren Cuccurullo and Patrick O'Hearn and keyboard player Chuck Wild.

Terry has recorded with numerous players on hundreds of different albums from right across the musical spectrum, including Duran Duran, Jeff Beck, Chad Wakerman, Steve Vai, Steve Stevens and Tony Levin, Andy Taylor, Robbie Robertson, Gary Wright, Don Dokken, XYZ, Paul Hyde, Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, and Richard Marx.

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Album Review

Frank Zappa: Zappa '75 Zagreb / Ljubljana

Read "Zappa '75 Zagreb / Ljubljana" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


La recente acquisizione dell'intero catalogo di Frank Zappa da parte della Universal non sembra aver modificato la politica di pubblicazione di registrazioni inedite tratte dall'imponente archivio di nastri, apparentemente inesauribile, sempre curato dal Vaultmeister Joe Travers. Nel corso del 2022 sono già stati pubblicati due cofanetti dedicati rispettivamente ai Mothers del 1971 e ai tre concerti tenuti nella zona di Erie, e in attesa del già annunciato box dedicato al 1972 di Waka/Jawaka e Grand Wazoo in uscita ...

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Frank Zappa: Zappa/Erie

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La pubblicazione di inediti dall'apparentemente inesauribile archivio zappiano prosegue a un ritmo tale da mettere a dura prova anche i fans più incalliti, soprattutto considerando che quasi tutte le ultime uscite sono cofanetti con più dischi. Anche questo nuovissimo Zappa/Erie consiste di 6 CD alloggiati in una elegante confezione a libro formato LP, con 24 pagine di note e foto (una versione speciale deluxe limitata contiene anche un poster). Questa volta non si tratta di celebrare un ...

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Extended Analysis

Ultimate Collectors' Edition

Read "Ultimate Collectors' Edition" reviewed by John Kelman


Well, there's certainly been a wait for this one, but for fans of what may be the last high profile progressive rock group to emerge in the 1970s, U.K.'s Ultimate Collectors' Edition proves well worth it. What began as an already sizeable 16-disc box for a group that, during its relatively brief tenure, released just two studio albums and one live recording, has become an 18-disc set with the addition of a recording of the group's final show in Nijmegen, ...

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Extended Analysis

The Complete Arista Albums Collection

Read "The Complete Arista Albums Collection" reviewed by John Kelman


When fusion first emerged in the late 1960s/early '70s with artists like trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin, the emphasis was on guitar and keyboard heavy lineups like Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with an equally strong predilection for the intensity and volume of rock and a kind of thundering funk that was different than the kind of music coming from R&B and soul artists like Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire. Parallel to ...

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Live Review

Bozzio, Holdsworth, Levin, Mastelotto: Amped In Amsterdam

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Terry Bozzio, Allan Holdsworth, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto Paradiso Amsterdam, The Netherlands April 8, 2010

Instrumental mastery was the only rhythmic constant for an experimental exercise that paid off in uncharted realms.

Drummers Terry Bozzio and Pat Mastelotto, along with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and bassist Tony Levin, looked pretty much like any talented jazz quartet despite having drawn some heat during their formative appearances.

Regardless of structure or the purposeful lack ...

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Album Review

Terry Bozzio + Metropole Orkest: Chamber Works

Read "Chamber Works" reviewed by John Kelman


Terry Bozzio is perhaps best known as a chops-laden drummer who's more at home in the pop/rock and fusion worlds. Chamber Works, which teams him with Netherlands' Metropole Orkest--like guitarist Mike Keneally's similar collaboration on last year's The Universe Will Provide--demonstrates that Bozzio is about much, much more. A member of the late Frank Zappa's band from 1976 onwards, Bozzio was required to deal with complex compositions that were at times almost classical in their orchestral complexity: no surprise, given ...

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Album Review

Jeff Beck: Live At BB King Blues Club

Read "Live At BB King Blues Club" reviewed by Doug Collette


Leave it to Jeff Beck to make a brand new recording available only online within six months of his last studio release. Live is an erratic but nevertheless brilliant piece of work by an erratic and brilliant artist.Recorded last September at BB King's House of Blues in New York, this CD constitutes a reunion of Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop trio. Playing with keyboardist Tony Hymas and drumming monster Terry Bozzio, the iconoclastic British guitar icon revisits, albeit somewhat ...

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Performance / Tour

Drum Legend Terry Bozzio Presents A Solo Musical Performance On World's Largest Tuned Drum And Percussion Set On Forthcoming North American Tour

Drum Legend Terry Bozzio Presents A Solo Musical Performance On World's Largest Tuned Drum And Percussion Set On Forthcoming North American Tour

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Los Angeles, CA: Drum legend Terry Bozzio, known for his work with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, UK and his critically acclaimed solo ventures, celebrates the 50th anniversary of his first drum lesson with “An Evening With Terry Bozzio” coast-to-coast North American tour! During the course of this tour, Terry Bozzio will hit over 40 cities from San Diego to Jacksonville to Montreal to Vancouver to Los Angeles and everywhere in between. This will be a night of solo drumming and ...

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Music Industry

Hammerax Is A Hit With Diverse New Endorsers Marco Giovino, Terry Bozzio and Omar Hakim

Source: JCM Media

Clearwater, Florida,—Hammerax, famed for making out-of-the-ordinary bronze instruments with sustain and musical effects that go well beyond the sonic possibilities of traditional cymbals, has launched an innovative, diverse endorsement program. New artists who have joined the Hammerax family include drumming legends Terry Bozzio and Omar Hakim, and current Robert Plant skinsman Marco Giovino. Hakim Sticks To Hybrid Hammerax Drummer Omar Hakim is among the world's most elite drummers, a top call recording and touring star who has played with everyone ...

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Video / DVD

Terry Bozzio - Live with the Tosca Strings DVD - Available 06/10/08

Terry Bozzio - Live with the Tosca Strings DVD - Available 06/10/08

Source: All About Jazz

Bozzio together with Chris Maresh, Stephen Barber and the world famous Tosca Strings live in Austin, TX. Filmed in the hills of Austin, TX at the One World Theatre, this DVD brings Terry Bozzio together with Chris Maresh, Stephen Barber and the world famous Tosca Strings. Since 1997 The Tosca Strings Quartet (Leigh Mahoney & Tracy Seeger - Violins, Ames Asbell - Viola and Sara Nelson - Cello) has built an international reputation for their versatile performances of many various ...

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Recording

Alex Machacek/Terry Bozzio "[SIC]" Releases on August 15

Alex Machacek/Terry Bozzio "[SIC]" Releases on August 15

Source: All About Jazz

[SIC] is the brand new release from guitar prodigy Alex Machacek, a classicaly trained guitarist whose music on this record is beyond categorization. His stunningly rich compostions blended with amazing technical skills makes this one of the top releases of the year. Joing him in this incredible music statement is Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck alumnus Terry Bozzio.

Read the All About Jazz Review by John Kelman.

Alex is a new force in the world of guitar and is surely to ...

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Video / DVD

DVD Release From Terry Bozzio, Alex Machacek and Patrick O'Hearn

DVD Release From Terry Bozzio, Alex Machacek and Patrick O'Hearn

Source: All About Jazz


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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Zappa '75 Zagreb /...

Zappa Records
2022

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Zappa/Erie

Zappa Records
2022

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The Complete Arista...

Legacy Recordings
2012

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Chamber Works

Favored Nations
2005

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