Drum legend TERRY BOZZIO, known for his work with FRANK ZAPPA, JEFF BECK, UK and his 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 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 for the first time in seated venues across North America.

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.

Terry has had tremendous success with 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 & fiery drumming that brings audiences to their feet!

Tour dates:

August

15 - Mexicali, BC, Mexico - Lob Bar (Bol Bol)
17 - Phoenix, AZ - MIM Music Theater
23 - Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
26 - Tulsa, OK - The Vanguard
28 - Conroe, TX - Dosey Doe
29 - Fort Worth, TX - McDavid Studio
31 - Austin, TX - One World Theater

September

4 - Orlando, FL - Plaza Live
5 - Largo, FL - Largo Cultural Center
10 - Washington, DC - The Hamilton
11 - Wilmington, DE - World Café
13 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint
14 - New York City, NY - Iridium (2 shows – 8pm & 10pm)
15 - New York City, NY - Iridium (2 shows - 8pm & 10pm)
16 - Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Palace Theater
19 - Richmond Hill, ON - Cosmopolitan Music Hall
21 - Buffalo, NY - Nietzches
24 - Nashville, TN - 3rd and Lindsley
26 - Newport, KY - The Southgate House Revival
30 - Little Rock, AR - Juanitas

October

5 - Chicago, IL - Martyrs
6 - Chicago, IL - Martyrs
14 - Calgary, AB - Orpheus Theatre
16 - Vancouver, BC - Imperial
17 - Vancouver Island, BC - Tidemark Theatre
19 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
20 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
23 - Oakland, CA - Yoshi's
25 - Los Angeles, CA - Catalina's
26 - Los Angeles, CA - Catalina's

(Photo - André Ozga)