Pat Petrillo

JAZZ, SOUL DRUMMER

New York, NY

 

Featured on the cover of February 2023 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine, Innervision Records recording artist Pat Petrillo is world renowned in the drum industry. He has backed and/or recorded with a wide array of artists from many genres, including Patti LaBelle, Gloria Gaynor, Oz Noy, Chieli Minucci, Debbie Gibson, Glen Burtnik and numerous Broadway shows, including “A Chorus Line”, “Grease”, “Footloose”, “Newsies”, and “Dreamgirls”.

He currently leads his killer group, the Big Rhythm Band, performing in New York City and throughout the East Coast. On their record, “The Power Station Sessions”, the band produces 9 groove-packed tracks, in the Contemporary Instrumental category, featuring guest artists Nile Rodgers, John Popper, Oz Noy, Lenny Pickett and Felicia Collins.
A new solo record is in the works for 2024 which includes the
current hit single “Glide In My Stride”!

As a popular clinician and educator, he taught for many years at the famed Drummers Collective in New York City, and has presented clinic performances at PASIC, Musicians Institute, Berklee College of Music and many drum shops around the globe. He has appeared numerous times on the popular Drumeo.com site, and has numerous instructional videos with Hudson Music. Pat endorses Ludwig Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans Drumheads, and Earthworks Microphones.

“What a voice… has everything you want in a vocalist!”
— Will Downing
“Feel-good vibrations pulsing through an electrifying powder keg of funk, jazz.”
— All About Jazz

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

2024 NAMM SHOW PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

VENUE & FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

THE NAMM SHOW - Orange County, CA

CHARTS AND AWARDS

#1 Roots Music Report (RMR) Big Band Album
#28 Roots Music Report (RMR) Jazz Album
#27 Relix/Jambands.com Radio Chart
#33 Smooth Jazz.com Album Chart
#35 Smooth Jazz Network Single (DEBUT)
#39 Smooth Jazz.com Listener Favorite Single
#68 Mediabase Chart (DEBUT)

 SAMPLE RECORDINGS