Titles by: IVAN KRILLZARIN
IVAN KRILLZARIN
Born and raised in the USA, Ivan Krillzarin grew up in and around Philadelphia, PA. Coming from a musical family (his dad, Harry, played bass and his mom, Ann, ran the family music store), he got his first set of drums (Slingerland) at age 5. By 13 he was playing drums for a Russian/Ukranian folk band at various church functions in South Philadelphia. On the road for several years with local rock n' roll bands, he then served in the Air Force and played with the 730th USAF band. He studied drums, composition, and arranging at Berklee and Julliard Schools of Music and studied drumset with Dave Levin, Sam Ulano, Paul Patterson, and Alan Dawson. Also a serious student of hand drums, he studied Tabla in India with Sri Nageshwar Prasad Misra (Pandit Pancho Maharaj), bongo and congas with Carlos Landaeta and Daoud Amin. As a drumset player he worked with such diverse artists as Bill Haley and the Comets, Gary U.S. Bonds, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Sabu Martinez, and Olatunji among others. A world traveler, he began collecting rhythms in the 1960s. He currently resides and works in Hawaii.