Zoro is an American

United States

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 drummer

Drummer

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, mainly in the styles of rock

Rock music

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, R&B, and hip hop

Hip hop

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. Zoro is known as 'The Minister of Groove'. His outstanding feel, drive, syncopation and deep philosophies towards drumming have made him one of the most well-known and respected drummers in the world today.

An interesting part of Zoro's playing is his foot technique. Unusually, he plays mostly heel-down. His reason is that he has always played heel-down and he claims to get a "fatter sound" by quickly striking and releasing the beater from the bass drum head,
rather than 'planting', as so many contemporary drummers do. Zoro has toured and recorded with Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

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, Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown

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,
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, New Edition

New Edition

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, Jody Watley

Jody Watley

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, Sean Lennon

Sean Lennon

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, Philip Bailey

Philip Bailey

Philip Irvin Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White, B. David Whitworth, and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on...

, Lisa Marie Presley

Lisa Marie Presley

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,
Throttle Body Motorcycle Club

Throttle Body Motorcycle Club

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, and many others. He has been consistently voted number one R&B drummer and number one clinician in Modern Drummer

Modern Drummer

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 magazine, as well as receiving awards from other magazines, including 'Drum!.

Zoro's "Commandments of R&B Drumming" earned him a Modern Drummer Reader's Poll #1 Educational text vote.
It has recently been expanded and re-released by Alfred Publishing in a 10th anniversary edition.

Christian Faith

In addition to his work in music, Zoro is an increasingly well known Christian Motivational speaker who appears at festivals and churches around the world, sharing his faith in Christ through his life story. He has been featured extensively on Christian television, including the 700 Club, Daystar Celebration, Jc-TV, The Joni Show, MorningStar Ministries, and other broadcasts.

Now working out of Nashville, TN, Zoro is increasingly focused on his Ministry work, including the development of a number of books to be published starting in 2008.

Gear and Equipment

DW Drums

Collector's Series Maple drums in Red Sparkle FinishPly with Gold hardware

16x20 Bass Drum (x2)

9x12, 10x13, 11x14, 16x16 Toms

6.5x14 Collector's Brass Snare Drum

Pedals and Hardware

9000 Single Bass Drum Pedal

9500 Hi-Hat Stand

9300 Snare Stand

9700 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stand (x2)

9999 Single Tom/Cymbal Stand (x2)

9100 Throne


Evans Drumheads

20" EQ3 Resonant Black
22" EMAD Batter Clear
22" EMAD2 Batter Clear
14" Genera
14" G1 Coated
EQ Pad Bass Drum Damper
06" J1 Etched
14" Hazy 300
10" Genera Resonant
10" G1 Clear
10" G2 Clear

Proud Evans Artist Since 1979.

SABIAN CYMBALS

HHX groove Hats 14"

HHX X-treme Crash 18"

HHX groove Ride 21"

HHX X-treme Crash 18"


Vic Firth Sticks

Zoro Signature Stick (SZ)
An enlarged SD4 with a barrel tip for great tone while grooving on the cymbals and hi-hat. Light and fast for R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz and Fusion.
L = 16 3/8", Dia. =.555"

AUDIX Microphones

Zoro uses i5 for snare, D2 for toms, D4 for floor tom, D6 for kick, ADX51 for high hat and overheads.

CANOPUS

Canopus

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Snare Wire only

Latin percussion

Latin percussion

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