Zildjian introduces a new stick-mallet combo designed with popular jazz drummer John Riley. The new Zildjian John Riley Double combines the acclaimed bead of Riley\'s Artist Series Drumstick and Zildjian\'s popular seamless felt head.
\"Zildjian cymbals give me the broadest musical palette. My new combination stick-mallet adds a great lush sonic dimension when played on the drums and the cymbals.\"
Grammy award winning recording artist, John Riley, is enjoying a stellar career as a jazz drummer, including gigs and recordings with artists such as John Scofield, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.
He currently performs regularly with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Mintzer, Jon Faddis and Joe Lovano. John Riley is also a winner of the 2004 and 2005 Modern Drummer Magazine Readers Poll.
The John Riley Double is the latest in a line of combination sticks available from Zildjian. The Dennis Chambers DC Double and Travis Barker Double feature their respective Artist Series drumsticks combined with a felt mallet head on the butt-end.
