This guy has absolutely nothing going for him, except maybe a huge body of work with some of the best musicians on the planet, unsurpassed technique and musicality, creativity, inventiveness, and the fact that after 40+ years in the business he is still pushing boundaries and full of energy. Yeah, apart from that...........

This a good composition. Interesting all the way through. Terry Bozzio understands that playing the drums is not a competition and it is not a sport. Drums are for playing music on and that is what he did here.

Bozzio proves that even if you only gIve him four drums and a couple of cymbals, he still rocks off the charts. Amazing talent.

that hi-hat doesn't miss a beat whole time. bozzio is awesome

This is one of the three most extraordinaire drum solos I´ve ever heard in my life. And I should say that I am in my 50´s and have listened and seen drummers since the late sixties. Bozzio is in my order of inner alter egos. Vic´s million thnx 4 post this. What a way to start this year.

What the hell did I just watch... Terry man... he's un-friggin-believable. No questions about it.

That hi hat and bass drum doesn’t ever go out of time no matter what his hands play, Now that’s hard!

I bet those who are hating on this solo have no idea of the importance of good hand/feet independence when playing. Love it.

Followed this guy his whole career..and still following! WORLDS BEST= TERRY BOZZIO.

One of a kind. I've been atuned to Terry since his days with U.K, Frank Zappa and later Missing Persons. He is a true master musician.

Terry is absolutely innovative and amazing. I love the fact that no matter the size of the drum kit, He still develops his improvisational ideas over or against a chosen ostinato.

All these years and I still get back and learn a lot with this solo , which is definitely not just a solo but a true lesson on what drums is all about in music and what a beautiful development musical and physical drums can get. This is absolutely an all other level. Thank you Terry , thank you for this beautiful gem!

This is the most amazing Drum Solo I have ever seen! Bozzio understands what defines the magic of a solo, namely that it is about the air between the tones and not about the biggest quantity of notes played in time. This solo just breathes, the rythm stretches and narrows and all that with nice, multifacetted colours which he masters to play out of the drums. This is so inspiring... Thank you so much for uploading this! I wish I would have been there!...

Met terry when he & his wife dale started MISSING PERSON’S in the early 80’s.one of the BEST DRUMMERS EVER!!!✌️☝️👍

That's the smallest kit probably anyone has seen Terry play, and he still takes it to a whole different level. God damn human metronome.

this is not only a solo...this is a lesson about everything a competent and brilliant musician should be/have...soul and heart with good technique ( on the case of Terry Bozzio , great technique)

Like a true composer, he built that solo up.

I met him many moons ago. Seemed like a very nice gentleman easy to talk to. Great drummer...👌🏼

The left foot keeping time on the hi-hats is amazing.

Fantastic drummer . One of the best

I've loved watching and listening to Terry Bozzio from back in his long-blonde-hair days. He is an innovative drummer. When I heard and watched this, I could not believe the way he became a part of the instrument he was playing. It was a 4-piece kit and (I use Sabians as well because of how great they sound loud, ridden, or soft) two cymbals. The way Terry plays this kit is nothing of a marvel. He is not just a drummer, he is a musician with drums - 6 sounds. The hi-hat and kick are part of the ostinato that underlies the rhythm. His feel is unmatched, and while he is doing this, he is also thinking of the people watching him who like drumming. An amazing talent, after 25+ years of drumming, I hereby nominate this performance of Terry Bozzio as an easy entrance into the drummer's HOF. Thanks to Terry for doing this section knowing he was being videoed, but able to allow (as always) the sound of the skins and the bronze to take him to other places....

Terry is a Frank Zappa protege One of the best living drummers enough said :)

Never saw this til now, and I'm standing right there for entire awesome solo! 11 years later!?

Making that floor tom sound like four different drums is what makes this so awesome. Alot of guys just wanna hear super fast double kick or it"sucks!" Hes playing an instrument not just beat a drum set. Amazing.

Like seriously, this dude plays at a caliber of ridiculousness. Thee most technical drummer I've ever seen. The stuff he does amazes me so much. And would take me an immense time period to comprehend his playing fully...

Phenomenal is an understatement

Terry. Forever young!

I love Terry drumming

He was hired on the spot by Frank Zappa. Doesn't that speak volumes? Terry has stood for musical excellence for decades in my opinion.

What a great solo! Beautiful ideas!

Bozzio is an absolute monster. So incredibly deep. He’s so in it. There’s never a moment of bullshit. Always super musical and expressive

FUCKING BRILLIANT DRUMMER-anybody says otherwise better show their shit or SHUT THE FUCK UP FOREVER!!! Man, this drumming is 90% Afro Cuban drumming. Afro Cuban drummers are the best drummers in the world and this Italian American drummer has their shit down cold, plus he's playing an independent bass drum/hi hat ostinato UNDERNEATH the Tito Puente timbale/tom tom phrases. He's a RED hot percussionist and detractors are just totally BLOVIATING. Blow it out your ass!!!

Super stuff. The ostinato form is something he's been into forever. It really allows him to be free with his ideas. More music, less 'chop'. I'd love to see more small kit stuff.

I love to see this ,Top pros playing on a 4 pc kit just like the rest of us Fun Times

I am a drummer and drumming instructor who has worked with many name people. There are some people who do not like T.B. You have to understand what he doing. There is a beautiful looseness and independence to his playing. I do not like when people compare drummers in a competitive way. There is a real musicality, creativity, and innate hipness to his approach.

it's not like everyday he plays on 4 piece, so i dig this...very much.

I much prefer this to many of the solos pieces I've heard on his gigantic kit.

That's a whole lotta VIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!

This video was captured at Vic's Drum Shop Grand Opening in October of 2008. I know I was there, I was standing directly to Bozzio's right near the window. It was great, Terry did not disappoint, one of the best and creative drummers in the world.

FANTASTIC!! Nicest guy too!!!

Only very few drummers come to my mind when I see this solo. Polyrhythmic independence is the highest skills a drummer can reach.

Excellent Beautiful Sublime Inmortal the Great Máster Terry Bozzio Rules Forever 🎼🎵🎶🛸🛸🙏🪐🎶

There is no denying that this man is an iconoclast of the instrument. So the following to all the would be haters is not a judgement but rather a pondering. I find his playing to be so much more engaging on this small kit. I appreciate the musicality for which he looks to achieve on the larger kit.I am lead to believe that if he spends more time in this capacity he would be talked about as one of the greatest and important drummers of all-time not just one of the greatest players alive.

this great to see Terry on a smaller kit , i love the big drum set , dont get me wrong this kit is more like what lots of us play more or less

I'm enjoying this at work right now with the sound all the way down. It's fun to watch Terry-Ted.

HATERS....Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success

Zappa once said that Terry was his favorite drummer of all the ones he worked with . It was cool because Terry was featured more than most drummers were in any band. As far as vocals and performance were concerned. As well as a innovator .

Less is more and his rhythm is almost unmatched

I just appreciate that Terry's playing cymbals that have sustain and a four piece kit here. It focuses his sound a bit.

INCREDIBLE

Wow!!! Great video!

Terry IS DRUMS!

love the touch on the hihat.

Terry is a master. He just plays in his own lane. I mean, look at his old (Punky) Zappa stuff when he was very young. It's insane/amazing drumming.

Terry, if you are out there reading, do more of this. Forget that ridiculous monstrosity of a kit you've been playing for a number of years and get back to this. I'm a huge fan and haven't heard you this inspiring in about a decade. You're ideas work soooo much better in this context.

Brilliant

ostinato´s master!

isnt abot lots of toms, is the same passion and voice. masterful

Awesome drummer. In a class all his own. Almost odd seeing him play such a small kit.

The hi-hat foot.monster timing

He’s amazing

He is a monster for sure

wasnt he ranked best drummer percussionist in the world at one piont and for those of you that realy dont know too much ablout terry, he has studied the percussions in every country . watch melodic drumming and the ostinado. pretty impressive. Great stuff here Terry, if you ever read these things. ;)

Ted Bozzio the best !!!!

A god for a reason love seeing positive comment on her bozzio a technical master work work that man put in

Terry's kit must have gone through the drier at least ten times before coming out as a four-piece.

Unbelievable!

NOBODY plays like Terry

Terry has always been about trying to expand the conventions of drumming, that being said, not all of his experiments have been easy to appreciate, and some have even seemed a bit pointless; go back and watch some of his stuff with Zappa, he was a beast!

I've never seen Terry on such a normal looking kit! :)

Holy polyrhythm. Very original and very Terry.

I keep finding myself back at this video...

Awesomeness! Peace&Love! ♡

What a beast.

It never seems as though Terry is playing for the gallery. It seems like he is there to play for the universe.\m/

El único y brillante Terry Bozzio!!

This ought to shut up a lot of haters !!!

Anyone who disse's Terry COULD NEVER play like him! Good Drummers have RESPECT for other drummers, even if their not at the top.

Kinda sad how great he sounds on such a simple kit. For a few decades Terry's despised stuff like hi-hats and rides, but the way he worked those very traditional sets of cymbals was so tactful-aggressive that it set him apart more than 20 chinas and 30 cymbal stacks ever could, good as they may be. The stuff he played with Zappa and UK is absolutely fucking killer, and he played pretty standard double bass kits those days.

Unbelieveble, he is a Drum GOD. Believe me!!

He's all into it.

Great solo!!!!

Wow so cool seeing him play a small set.

Great drummer, great independence, creative and very musical! Frank Zappa brought out the best of him though. So, Terry is one of my favorite drummers WHEN he was with Zappa. He's on Zappa's Live in New York, Zoot Allures, Bongo Fury, Sleep Dirt and others.

was brilliant playing.....on off the shelf stuff too!!! : )

Um dos maiores da história da bateria thanks Bozzio

follow the hi hat

Using pitch bend on floor tom. His ears are really good.

Mesmerizing

Dude is in the ZONE

He really makes the drum sing!

I would describe this guys style as 'because I can'.

He had me at Zappa. And he's only gotten better.

Once again people on here hating Terry are mentioning Mike Portnoy types as being better, are you fucking kidding me? Bozzio has taken drumming so far in to the future it isn't even funny and Portnoy plays metal fills that have been around since the 80's and the most generic ones at that! And all the haters of Bozzio's huge kit here you go he is on a small kit and he plays it the exact same way conceptual, musical and if you want to get technical this shit is hard as fuck, play anything other then a quarter note on your kick and do anything worth while over it, not easy at all! Why I even waste my time with you people I don't know well yeah I do, I hate seeing someone who is this advanced and obviously over so many drummers heads betting reemed out all the time, research this guy before talking again!

Nato61 you summed it up for me as well, perfectly said!

King..of the 'independent ostinato's. freakish player. always has been.

It's almost like the bass drum and hi hat are automatic regardless of what his hands are doing. 🔥from the master.

Enjoy similar way than the huge drum kit ! Is not about the instrument, is the drummer!

7:56 beautiful little quote from his Baby Snakes solo. I've also heard Brooks Wackerman tease that at a Tenacious D show. ;)

Very musical, and very interesting. No wasted notes. Always composing.