Vince Colaiuta
| Vinnie Colaiuta | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Background information | |
| Born |
February 5, 1956 Brownsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, pop, jazz, country, heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | Stretch, Moonjune |
| Associated acts | Frank Zappa, Sting, Five Peace Band, Joni Mitchell, Damian Drăghici |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gretsch Drums, Paiste Formula 602 Modern Essentials, Remo Drumheads, Vic Firth Drumsticks | |
Vincent "Vinnie" Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. His career has included long associations with, among others, Frank Zappa, Sting, and Joni Mitchell. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014.
Colaiuta was given his first drum kit when he was seven, and he took it to naturally with little instruction. When he was fourteen, the school band teacher gave him a book that taught him some of the basics. Buddy Rich was his favorite drummer until he heard the album Ego by Tony Williams, an event that changed his life. After listening to all the Tony Williams albums he could find, he concluded that Williams was a genius. While a student at Berklee College of Music, when jazz fusion was on the rise, he listened to and admired Alphonse Mouzon and Billy Cobham.
After leaving school, he played local gigs in Boston. He joined a brief tour organized by Al Kooper, then worked in California on an album by Christopher Morris, which Kooper was producing. Although he returned to Boston, he was drawn back to California by friends and his experience recording. He took the bus from Boston to Los Angeles during the blizzard of 1978. After performing in jazz clubs, he won the audition to play drums for Frank Zappa. 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. He is called out by name by Dale Bozzio (playing the character of Mary) in the lyrics of the song Catholic Girls.
...
Wikipedia