What do Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Max Roach, Steve Gadd, Peter Erskine, Neil Peart, Steve Smith, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers, Dave Weckl, Kenny Aronoff and Todd Sucherman, Chad Smith and pretty much every other famous drummer have in common? Indeed: Lennie DiMuzio, an important figure in the careers of multiple generations of the world's top drummers.

Lennie who began his career as a cymbal tester. But it was along with company patriarch Armand Zildjian that he helped invent the concept of artist relations in the music industry, nourishing Zildjian's endorsers professionally and supporting them personally. In 2004 Lennie told the NAMM as part of its Oral History Program:

"I was a combination of things to Armand. At times I had to be his bodyguard. [laughs] But I was always there for him, regardless of what he wanted to do. Whenever we went to see any of the cats downtown, we’d bring whoever wanted to come with us, and we always had our table. We'd spend a lot of time with the drummers."

After Armand Zildjian died in 2002, Lennie went to work for Armand's brother, Robert, at the Sabian Cymbal Company.

In 2010 Lennie DiMuzio published his memoir, 'Tales From the Cymbal Bag'.