GREG FUNDIS
Greg Fundis is an American drummer based in Chicago IL with a career in music performance, recording and education spanning over three decades. Fundis is a frequent collaborator with virtuoso jazz/classical guitarist and Blue Note Records artist Fareed Haque playing drums on 7 of his albums since the early 2000's. Fundis has gained attention over the last decade playing to larger audiences internationally and throughout the U.S. with renowned tribute act Led Zeppelin 2. Most recently, Fundis placed in the top 20 out of 10,000 drummers in a worldwide competition for the Grammy-nominated band Primus Intergalactic Drum Derby. He is a founding member of 56 Hope Road, an award-winning acoustic funk band who independently produced four full length albums and performed over 1200 live shows in the mid 2000’s. Fundis has performed on stage internationally with other notable artists in a multitude of genres including George Benson, Joey DeFrancesco, Roy Hargrove, Paquito D’Rivera, Two Friends, Neal Francis, Nick Lutsko, Mathien, Vikku Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh, Salar Nader, Maurice Brown, Freekbass, Comedian Rich Little, Louis Bellson, Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell, Bob Brookmeyer, Robert Irving III, Tony Monaco & Ray White. Fundis has a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from DePaul University and a Bachelors in Commercial Music from Millikin University. While at Millikin, at the age of 19, Fundis’ book of original compositions "Contemporary Audition Solos for Percussion" was published by one of the world’s largest music education publishing companies Alfred Music. In addition to relentless performing, Fundis has taught at Roosevelt and DePaul universities and currently coordinates summer drumming workshops for over 3,000 youth throughout the Chicagoland area. His teachers and mentors have included Steve Smith (Journey), jazz legend Louis Bellson, drum legend Jim Chapin, music educators Brian Justison and Kim Klickna. Greg Fundis is a signed endorsee of Vic Firth drumsticks since 2008 as well as Humes and Berg cases since 2017. Fundis plays Ludwig drums exclusively and both Paiste & Zildjian brand cymbals.
