A village kit, a world tour, and a teacher who’s lived it.
Two decades on the world's stages and in the studio — and fifteen years quietly teaching the players who came after.
Jon started playing at eleven and was gigging professionally by thirteen. He studied under Roger Odell (Shakatak) and the legendary Bob Armstrong, passed his Guildhall Grade 8 by sixteen, and graduated from London’s Drumtech at eighteen.
Since then his drums have been heard around the world: touring and recording as a member of post-punk pioneers Gang of Four, playing arenas with Julian Perretta — five nights supporting Beyoncéat London’s O2 and 32 dates with Girls Aloud — and backing Ian Gillan and Don Airey of Deep Purple with a 40-piece philharmonic orchestra in arenas across Russia and Eastern Europe — including the State Kremlin Palace with the Moscow Philharmonic.
He plays on Don Airey’s solo records, has depped for rock supergroup Snakecharmer, and has recorded or performed with members of Jamiroquai, Whitesnake, and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Every summer he’s on the festival circuit, backing the pop and new-wave names a generation grew up with.
Through all of it, Jon has taught. Hundreds of students over fifteen-plus years, from four-year-olds picking up sticks for the first time to working drummers preparing for tours. Now that teaching is going online.
The whole road, abridged.
I had teachers who changed everything for me. Now I get to be that for someone else. Four or sixty, first lesson or first tour — I’ll meet you where you are and take you somewhere better.
Limited slots
Ready to play like you mean it?
Jon takes a limited number of students so every one gets real attention.