Jo Jo Ruocco, who grew up in New Jersey, started as a percussionist at a really early age: 13 to be precise, drumming with Jazz giant Duke Ellington! She went on to provide drummery for Chuck Berry at the age of 16, then went on to play with Bobby Womack, Billy Ocean, Ronnie Wood, The Style Council, amongst many others! We hear about her great career, and her tastes in music across the decades.
Gli Akuna Matata (La tribù delle scimmie) nascono il 21 giugno del 2003 (solstizio d’estate) dall’incontro di musicisti con diverse esperienze musicali.
Nell’ottica di dimostrare i punti di forza del marchio PEACE Mauro Gatto ha deciso di rivisitare alcuni brani del repertorio del GURU del Funk Mr. Herbie Hancock insieme al suo fido bassista Andrea Matteucci (Basso Stick). Le evoluzioni tecniche del duo passeranno anche attraverso l’esecuzione di un brano del caposcuola John Scotfield “Hootentot”.Giulia Lazzarino, endorser Vibedrums si è presentata con il suo progetto Desperate Blues Girls.
Ezio ZaccagniniBatterista e Percussionista professionista, nasce a Napoli si trasferisce ventenne a Roma, dove tuttora risiede, per proseguire gli studi musicali. Essenzialmente autodidatta, ha studiato in seguito con amici-colleghi-maestri, su specifiche nozioni musicali.
Stefano Marazzi began playing drums as a child and received his first drum kit from his parents at the age of 13.He studied for many years with some of the most sought-after Italian session men, developing his musical versatality and his technical skill.
As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band’s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. No rock group, up until that point, had ever so lugubriously s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out well-known pop tunes like the Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” and “Ticket To Ride,” Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready,” Sonny & Cher’s “Bang Bang” Rod Argent’s “She’s Not There” and, most famously, The Supremes’ Motown classic “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” to such hippie heights. With Mark Stein’s mysterioso wash of Grand Guignol keyboard theatrics, Tim Bogert’s amazing and trippy bass runs, and guitarist Vince Martell’s era-happy soloing, Appice boomed like no other drummer in rock history. Their debut album still stands today as a Hard Rock classic. Vanilla Fudge went on to tour with Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and even had Led Zeppelin as an opening act.
Well known as one of the leaders of Extreme Metal Drumming, George Kollias remains at the top of today’s Metal scene and goes way beyond that.
Sull’onda del successo della prima e seconda edizione decretato dalle innumerevoli presenze, il 7 ottobre 2012 Batterika riapre i battenti con una serie di novità, prima fra tutte la nuova location presso il Sgm Conference Center in via Via Portuense 741 a Roma.Nell’attesa del 7 ottobre eccovi un assaggio delle parole degli amici di Scuderie Capitani.
The new Perfect Balance Pedal designed by Jo Jo Mayer for Sonor. Here explained by Jo Jo for www.planetdrum.it
Dom Famularo has been traveling the globe preaching the gospel of drumming for over 30 years. An intense performer, Dom is one of the most respected solo drum artists in the world, with a career built solely upon his unique skills as a drummer, educator, author and motivational speaker.He has presented master classes and clinics around the globe in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Columbia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Peru, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Russia, Israel, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Costa Rica, Honduras, Puerto Rico, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Canary Islands and South Africa.