Product Code Database
Example Keywords: mario kart -office $73
   » » Wiki: Vinnie Colaiuta
Tag Wiki 'Vinnie Colaiuta'.
Tag

Vinnie Colaiuta
Search for colaiuta vinnie
 ( ) 

 C O N T E N T S 
Rank: 100%
Bluestar Bluestar Bluestar Bluestar Blackstar
  1. Wiki
  2. Comments
  3. Media

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer known for his technical mastery who has worked as a in many genres. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014. Colaiuta has won one Grammy Award and has been nominated twice. Since the late 1970s, he has recorded and toured with , , and Sting, among many other appearances in the studio and in concert.

Career
Colaiuta was given his first drum kit when he was seven. He took to it naturally, with little instruction. When he was fourteen, the school band teacher gave him a book that taught him some of the basics. was his favorite drummer until he heard the album Ego by Tony Williams and The Tony Williams Lifetime, an event that changed his life. Colaiuta was also listening to organists, notably , and Don Patterson.

While a student at Berklee College of Music, when was on the rise, he listened to and admired and .

(2026). 9780879307042, Backbeat Books.

After leaving school, he played local gigs in Boston. He joined a brief tour organized by , then worked in California on an album by Christopher Morris, which Kooper was producing. Although he returned to Boston, Colaiuta was drawn back to California by friends. He took the bus from Boston to Los Angeles during the Great Blizzard of 1978.

After performing in jazz clubs, he won the audition to play drums for . He toured with Zappa and appeared on the albums Joe's Garage, Tinsel Town Rebellion, and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar. Modern Drummer magazine chose Joe's Garage as one of the top 25 drum performances of all time.

In 1981, he ceased touring with Zappa to become a , recording for the band Pages and pop singer . Opportunities arose with saxophonist Tom Scott and bassist , who invited Colaiuta to play on a record by Klein's then-girlfriend, . When Klein and Mitchell got married, Colaiuta was the at their wedding. During the 1980s, he toured with Mitchell.

In 1986, he became the house drummer of The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.tomsaviano.com/saxophonejournal.htm The band, called the Party Boys and the Tramp, was led by Mark Hudson.

By the end of the 1980s he was recording albums, TV and film work during the day, and playing clubs at night. In addition to pop acts, he has worked with jazz musicians , , , and the Buddy Rich Big Band.

In 1990, Colaiuta got a phone call from Sting, flew to England, and won the audition to become a member of his band. The drummer auditions were held in the studio during the mixing for Sting's album The Soul Cages. According to the band's guitarist, , they held auditions daily for two or three weeks with many talented drummers, including big names like , only for Colaiuta to win the position "in about four seconds" of playing, elaborating that "It wasn't because he was fast or impressive; it was just correct." Relevant content occurs at 49:00-53:10. Colaiuta remained with Sting for much of the 1990s, touring and recording the albums Ten Summoner's Tales (1993), (1996), Brand New Day (1999) and (2003). In 1994, Colaiuta released his debut .

On November 12, 2016, he played with Sting in the first concert to be held at the Bataclan in Paris since the terrorist attack a year earlier.

He has won over fifteen Drummer of the Year awards from magazine's annual reader polls. These include ten awards in the "Best Overall" category. Modern Drummer interview , vinniecolaiuta.com; accessed October 26, 2014.

Equipment
Throughout his career, Vinnie Colaiuta has endorsed a variety of drum brands. He began with both and while working with Frank Zappa, then switched to Yamaha drums, which he played for more than ten years during the 1980s and 1990s.[2] Colaiuta returned to Gretsch in the 1990s, staying with them until 2012, when he began endorsing .[3][4] In 2014, he briefly worked with Heuer drums before returning to Gretsch for a third time in June 2016.[5][6]

When he played Yamaha drums, he used Yamaha hardware and pedals. With Gretsch, he switched to Gibraltar hardware and DW bass drum pedals. With Ludwig, he used Ludwig hardware and pedals. When he went back to Gretsch in 2016, he started using all DW hardware and pedals.

He also endorsed and drumsticks for most of his career, helping to create the A Custom cymbal line and having his own signature stick.[7][8] Starting in 2012, he moved away from Zildjian cymbals and drumsticks, and began endorsing and .[9][10] The next year, he helped develop the Formula 602 Modern Essentials series, blending what Colaiuta liked about the classic Formula 602 with the Signature Traditionals.[11] Vic Firth also released a Vinnie Colaiuta signature stick based on the 5B model.[12] In 2023, he began endorsing .[13][14]

Throughout his career, Colaiuta has used and .

Partial discography
As leader
  • 1994 Vinnie Colaiuta ()
  • 2018 Descent into Madness (A-Tone Recordings)
  • 2021 Mother's Milk (A-Tone Recordings)

With Jing Chi
(with and )
  • 2002 Jing Chi
  • 2003 Jing Chi Live at Yoshi's
  • 2004 3D
  • 2017 Supremo

With [[Mark Isham/" itemprop="url" title="Wiki: mark_isha"> <hr class="us2411627114"> <span class="us654509567 us1353177739">With [[Mark Isham">mark_isha">
With [[Mark Isham
  • 2019 Hard Candy (A-Tone Recordings)

As sideman
With [[Joni Mitchell/" itemprop="url" title="Wiki: joni_mitc"> <hr class="us2411627114"> <span class="us654509567 us1353177739">With [[Joni Mitchell">joni_mitc">
With [[Joni Mitchell
  • 1982 Wild Things Run Fast
  • 1985 Dog Eat Dog
  • 1991 Night Ride Home

With Tom Scott
  • 1982 Desire
  • 1987 Streamlines
  • 1988 Flashpoint
  • 1999 Smokin' Section

With Sting
  • 1991 The Soul Cages Concert (on VHS and LaserDisc)
  • 1993 Ten Summoner's Tales
  • 1996
  • 1999 Brand New Day
  • 2003
  • 2016 57th & 9th

With [[Frank Zappa/" itemprop="url" title="Wiki: frank_zap"> <hr class="us2411627114"> <span class="us654509567 us1353177739">With [[Frank Zappa">frank_zap">
With [[Frank Zappa
  • 1978 Saarbrucken 1978 (Officially released in 1991 from 1978 bootleg)
  • 1979 Joe's Garage
  • 1981 Tinsel Town Rebellion
  • 1981 Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
  • 1983 The Man From Utopia
  • 1988 Guitar
  • 1991 Any Way the Wind Blows
  • 1995 Strictly Commercial
  • 1988 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
  • 1991 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
  • 1992 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
  • 1996 The Lost Episodes (1996)
  • 1996
  • 1997 Have I Offended Someone?
  • 1999 Son of Cheep Thrills
  • 2003 Halloween
  • 2006
  • 2007 Buffalo
  • 2016 Chicago '78

With others

External links
: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Page 1 of 1
1
Page 1 of 1
1

Account

Social:
Pages:  ..   .. 
Items:  .. 
Click to view the UPC Scavenger App on google play.

Navigation

General: Atom Feed Atom Feed  .. 
Help:  ..   .. 
Category:  ..   .. 
Media:  ..   .. 
Posts:  ..   ..   .. 

Statistics

Page:  .. 
Summary:  .. 
1 Tags
10/10 Page Rank
5 Page Refs
2s Time