Jon Hazilla is an incredible player and a terrific teacher, and I was very fortunate to study with him at Berklee. Of the dozens of labs I took, his brush labs were among my favorites.
Check out this video of Jon tearin’ it up with Ron Mahdi and Consuelo Candelaria-Barry:
Seeing this again reminds me that I have a ton of brush material from my old site to get up on here… (Jeez, man, c’mon already!)
When’s the last time you heard some nasty 9/8 on TV—basic cable or otherwise? Chris Cornell sounds amazing, and Matt Cameron… That dude rules.
This is one of my all-time favorite clips: Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Steve Gadd at the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert on October 14, 1989.
I love the playing of all three of these titans for different reasons, but check out Vinnie’s especially nasty chops at 7:03.
