Jon Hiseman

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Jon Hiseman (2015)

Philip John "Jon" Hiseman (* 21st June 1944 in Blackheath , London ; † 12. June 2018 in Sutton, London) was a British rock and jazz - drummer . He was considered a "figurehead of the British scene". His drum solos of up to 15 minutes with a double bass drum set became legendary .

Live and act

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

Jon Hiseman 2010

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

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

In 1975 Colosseum II was created with Gary Moore on guitar and soon after with Don Airey on keyboards. After three years with three almost exclusively instrumental albums, the band broke up, also due to the low commercial success.

After that, Hiseman played as a guest musician on many occasions. He worked regularly in the band of his wife Barbara Thompson ( saxophone ). Hiseman and Thompson were among the first members of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble founded by Wolfgang Dauner in 1976, alongside Volker Kriegel , Albert Mangelsdorff , Eberhard Weber , Ian Carr , Charlie Mariano and Ack van Rooyen .

Since 1994 Hiseman was again successfully on the road with Colosseum . He has also worked as a producer and sound engineer, for example for the fusion band Nucleus , the pianist Keith Tippett and Andrew Lloyd Webber .

Hiseman was a representative of a legato sound, which he characterized as follows: “It is my personal way of playing that I combine jazz and rock rhythms. I never play on the beat , there is always a flowing, floating movement in my drums. "

On April 25, 2018, Jon Hiseman was diagnosed with a brain tumor in a specialist clinic in London . During the current tour of JCM with Clem Clempson and Mark Clarke , he was getting worse and worse during the last concerts, so that the tour had to be canceled. Hiseman died on June 12, 2018 at the age of 73 after undergoing tumor surgery.

Private

In 1967 he married Barbara Thompson , with whom he had two children. Her daughter Ana Gracey (* 1975) appeared as a guest singer with Colosseum in 2015 and is also featured on the last recording.

Instruments

Hiseman usually played with two bass drums. Most recently he played drums for the Pearl company .

Discography (selection)

  • Pendulum, Mike Taylor (1964)
  • Western Reunion, New Jazz Orchestra (1965)
  • Trio, Mike Taylor (1966)
  • Discussions, Howard Riley (1967)
  • Bare Wires, John Mayall (1968)
  • Local Color, 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)
  • Jack Bruce at His Best, Jack Bruce (1972)
  • Knirsch, Wolfgang Dauner Et Cetera (1972)
  • Symphony of Amaranths, 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)
  • 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)
  • Wilde Tales, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia (1979)
  • Samba Solstice, Marcio Montarroyos (1981, compilation)
  • A Night in the Sun, Jon Hiseman (1982)
  • Pure Fantasy, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia (1984)
  • It's Hot Man !, Jon Hiseman (1986)
  • Heavenly Bodies, Barbara Thompson (1986)
  • 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 Bluesbreakers (1997)
  • Halcyon Days, Strawbs (1997)

literature

  • Martyn Hanson: Jon Hiseman. Playing the band. The Musical Life Of Jon Hiseman. (Temple Music, 2010)

Lexigraphic entries

Web links

Commons : Jon Hiseman  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reclams Jazz Lexicon
  2. ↑ Peter Disch: Jon Hiseman is dead. Badische Zeitung , June 12, 2018, accessed on June 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Barbara Thompson ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ allmusic.com: Colosseum: Time on Our Side
personal data
SURNAME Hiseman, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiseman, Philip John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rock and jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2018
Place of death London