Drum legend Terry Bozzio, known for his work with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, UK and his critically acclaimed solo ventures, celebrates his latest release Terry Bozzio Composer Series with An Evening With Terry Bozzio US tour. This will be a night of solo drumming and include compositions from throughout his career, as well as improvisation. It is by no means a clinic or a workshop. Enjoy an intimate evening of Terry Bozzio and his monster sculpture of a drum kit together in seated venues across the US.

Terry Bozzio - An Evening Of Solo Drum Music is a unique, intense, dynamic, spiritualistic, melodic, orchestral, atmospheric, and musical performance on the largest tuned drum & percussion set in the world. Unless you have seen Terry, you have no idea what you are in for. Bozzio is an enigmatic, evocative, and engaging musician whose instrument just happens to be the drums. Terry Bozzio is able to accompany himself with bass note patterns and, at the same time, melodically solo on top with highly developed coordination skills to express a complete musical statement on the drum set alone. Drawing from jazz, classical, & ethnic percussion styles from around the world, Terry Bozzio is “a storyteller,” able to weave a hypnotic spell over audiences and enthrall them with an eclectic experience filled with contrast, variety, intimacy, excitement, and passion.

“I'm looking forward to this extensive US tour in Aug-Nov 2016. I'll have some new pieces to play on my big kit and hopefully some surprises for you in this new show.” - Terry Bozzio

Terry has had tremendous success with his last coast-to-coast North American tour, as well as his last two Terry Bozzio solo drum performance tours in Europe (2012 included his headline show at the Jazz Festival Frankfurt – the oldest jazz festival in the world – and 2013 which included sold out performances in Sweden, Germany, Eastern Europe, and France). Please note that this is not a bombastic 2-hour drum solo. This is MUSIC on drums, “an evening with Terry Bozzio.” In most of Bozzio’s works, he accompanies himself with bass lines while soloing over it melodically on the tuned toms. There is space, classical forms & structures, ambient electronic loops, and atmospheric percussion effects, as well as some exciting and fiery drumming that brings audiences to their feet!

Tour dates:

August
14 - Phoenix, AZ - MIM Music Theater
19 - Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
20 - Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
23 - Tulsa, OK - The Vanguard
26 - Fort Worth, TX - McDavid Studio
28 - Austin, TX - One World Theater

September
3 - Atlanta, GA -City Winery
4 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
7 - St. Louis, MO - 2720 Cherokee  
8 - Springfield, MO - Nathan P. Murphy's  
11 - Nashville, TN - City Winery
15 - Orlando, FL - Plaza Live
16 - Largo, FL - Largo Cultural Center  
19 - Raleigh, NC - The Pour House Music Hall
20 - Washington, DC - Hamilton's
22 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café
23 - New Hope, PA - Havana
25 - New York City, NY - City Winery
27 - Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Palace Theater
28 - Kingston, NY - Woodstock Music Lab
29 - Fall River, MA - Narrows Center for the Arts

October
3 - Detroit, MI - The Token Lounge
10 - Chicago, IL - City Winery
11 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
13 - Minneapolis, MN - The Dakota  
18 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
19 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
20 - Eugene, OR - WOW Theater
23 - Oakland, CA - Yoshi's

(Photo - Nakamura)