Jon Hiseman

Philip John " Jon" Hiseman ( born June 21, 1944 in Blackheath, London ) is a British rock and jazz drummer. He is regarded as a " figurehead of the British scene ." Legendary are his up to 15 minutes continuous drum solos with a Doublebassdrumset.

Life and work

Hiseman had as a child piano and violin lessons and had first appeared in a children's ballet; he found his true passion in the percussion. He taught himself the drums. Performances with small dance orchestras and a jazz trio with Dave Greenslade and bassist Tony Reeves from 1958 followed 1962, the entry into the London music scene, where he appeared as a semi-professional drummer with numerous rhythm and blues and jazz bands. He worked with pianist Mike Taylor and was a 1964 co-founded the New Jazz Orchestra. The mix of rhythm and blues and innovative modern jazz had great influence on his later style and his game dynamics.

Hiseman played in numerous well-known bands. He was the successor of Ginger Baker Graham Bond Organization in where he played with Jack Bruce and Dick Heckstall -Smith together. These three changed successively to John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Meanwhile Hiseman had worked 1967/68 for the Blue Flames by Georgie Fame.

In 1968 Hiseman and Heckstall -Smith, the band Colosseum, which achieved great success with their fusion of rock, jazz and blues. After the dissolution of Colosseum Hiseman lifted 1972 Tempest from the baptism, without being able to build on the success of the Colosseum. He also played in a trio with Jack Bruce and John Surman.

1975 was Colosseum II with Gary Moore on guitar and soon after with Don Airey on keyboards. After three years with three almost entirely instrumental albums shattered the band, even at low commercial success.

Then Hiseman played on many occasions as a guest musician. He regularly worked in the band his wife Barbara Thompson (saxophone). Together with Wolfgang Dauner, Volker Kriegel, Albert Mangelsdorff, Eberhard Weber, Ian Carr, Charlie Mariano and Ack van Rooyen the two founded 1976, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble.

Since 1994 Hiseman was again successful with Colosseum go. In addition, he also worked as a producer and sound engineer, for example, the fusion band Nucleus, pianist Keith Tippett and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

As a drummer is Hiseman representative of a legato sounds, which he characterizes as follows: " It is my personal way of playing that I combine jazz and rock rhythms with each other. I never play on the beat, but it's always a flowing, floating movement in my drums. "

Instruments

Hiseman is one of those drummers who play with a double drums - made ​​popular - the use of two bass drums, two rack toms and two floor toms. At the time of the first formation of the Colosseum, he played drums in the configuration with two bass drums, two hanging toms, two floor toms and snare. He also used a double drums of the brand Hayman, which was provided to him, at his request because of a studio recording, by Ivor Arbiter, the owner of Drum City.

Today he played drums Pearl of the company, where he decided to take a short -to-play set. Two bass drums he plays only in live performance, otherwise it uses a double pedal. Instead of the second floor toms he positioned a third hanging tom, which now fills the gap between hanging toms and floor toms.

Discography (selection)

See the Colosseum and the United Jazz Rock Ensemble

  • Pendulum, Mike Taylor ( 1964)
  • Western Reunion, New Jazz Orchestra (1965 )
  • Trio, Mike Taylor ( 1966)
  • Discussions, Howard Riley ( 1967)
  • Bare Wires, John Mayall (1968 )
  • Local Colour, Pete Lemer Quintet (1968 )
  • Things We Like, Jack Bruce (1968 )
  • Looking Back, John Mayall (1969 )
  • Songs for a Tailor, Jack Bruce (1969 )
  • Solid Bond, Graham Bond ( 1970)
  • Overdog, Keef Hartley band (1971 )
  • Thru the Years, John Mayall (1971 )
  • A Story Ended, Dick Heckstall -Smith ( 1972)
  • Knirsch, Wolfgang Dauner Et Cetera (1972 )
  • Symphony of Amaranth, Neil Ardley (1972 )
  • Two Weeks Last Summer, Dave Cousins ​​(1972 )
  • Tempest, Tempest (1973 )
  • Living in Fear, Tempest (1974 )
  • Snake Hips Etcetera, Nucleus (1975 )
  • Peter and the Wolf, Lumley / Lancaster ( 1975)
  • Heavenly Bodies, Barbara Thompson ( 1976)
  • Primal Solos, John Mayall (1977, Compilation )
  • Variations, Andrew Lloyd Webber ( 1978)
  • The Best Of Strawbs Strawbs (1978 )
  • Tell Me On A Sunday, Marti Webb ( 1979)
  • Wild Tales, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia (1979 )
  • Samba Solstice, Marcio Mont Arroyos (1981, Compilation )
  • A Night In The Sun, Jon Hiseman (1982 )
  • Pure Fantasy, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia (1984 )
  • A Cry From The Heart, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia (1988 )
  • Everlasting Flame, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia (1993 )
  • Rage of the Heart, Rage Of The Heart (1993 )
  • As It All Began, John Mayall 's Blue Brakers (1997)
  • Halcyon Days, Strawbs (1997)
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