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He's an all times great, but despite my appreciation for him, pretty sure, he won't be studied as he is on the top but not unique. There are equally good studio drummers out there.
So many great, versatile drummers. Vinnie, Gadd, Weckl, Bruford, Palmer, Cobham, Williams, Walden, Moore, Wackerman, Blakey, Roach, Rich, Morello, Krupa, etc. Those who think the drum world begins and ends with Bonham and Peart are lso limited...
My favorite of all time is Cobham. There are so many more though. Here are some more: Narada Michael Walden, Dennis Chambers, Kurt Covington, Gary Husband, Jeff Sipes, Mike Clark, rod morgenstein, Lenny White and Matt Garstka,
Vinnie is one of the greatest; top 5 easily. I do enjoy watching his solos as they are from another dimension, but, in my humble opinion, watching Vinnie play with Sting et al and the little licks he lays on top of the seemingly simple melodies is a true display of his greatness.
I discovered Vinnie C on a Frank Zappa tape when I was a kid, Joe’s Garage. Until then I had only listened to punk drummers and Bonham but opened my mind up to far more intricate patterns and other drummers like Steve Gadd and Dave Weckl. A phenomenal drummer.
It is a fact agreed upon by pretty much all drummers that this man is one of the all-time absolute legends! and yet he keeps amazing me every time I hear him play! No one like him!
My "Brush with Fame" Vinnie moment. Back in the mid 80's, he hadn't been in LA for that long and was still getting his name know around town. A friend said you gotta go see this drummer playing at a small club in the Valley. (Yea, "The Valley Dude, fer sure.") Said "he's unbelievable." Well that was absolutely true. In between sets I saw Vinnie take a seat at the bar and thought to myself, I wonder if he's teaching? Got the nerve to go up and ask him and he nicely said sure! He wrote his number down on a cocktail napkin and off I went it. A week later I called only to find it was a fake phone number. I couldn't help but laugh out loud and wasn't surprised thinking to myself... This guy is in the process of becoming one of the worlds greatest drummers ever and as busy as I''m sure he was at the time I'm sure he didn't want to disappoint me. A Living Legend is soooo right! :-)
@@Joesfosterdogs Or could have been The Flying Jib in Encino. He played with the Dave Boruff Band several days a week in the early 80's at least. If it was the mid 80's then maybe not. I think they had all moved on to other things by then.
Vinnies groove IS something sooo rare! No one plays the beat like he do. THATS rare! Every pro drummer will study Vinnie for about 500 years minimum. No one comes near him
There are plenty who come near him. He's one of the best for sure, but they're many players who are equal. They may have different attributes but that's what makes music great
@@HughMorristheJoker not very many drummers are even on the same planet as Vinnie. He can cover the entire spectrum of music. Who else does it like him? His phrasing and thinking is a level above everyone.
@@zappa0609 He didn't get a lot of real , unscripted drum solos with FZ. But the stuff with Brian Matheson is outrageous. Check it. It wasn't represented in this video either.and it is some truly unbelievable stuff.
As far back as I can remember, Vinnie can just hit empty cymbals (no kick underneath) and make it sound amazing.. If I try it, it sounds like a whoopsie!
Also, I think that Vinnie is technically light years ahead to Jimi. It is a crazy comparison, at least to me. Absolutely crazy. Jimi is nowhere near technically proficient according to todays virtuoso standards. Could you say that about Vinnie?
i Frickin LOVE vinnie's playing...the dude is a MONSTER...the one observation I have for Vinnie and all the other dudes like Dave Wekyl, the gospel dudes, and all the disciples who carry on that skill level is that I wish they didn't all play "dentist office music"....the live/electric jazz that most dudes with insane chops play these days to is to me just chop heavy elevator music that appeals only to "musicians" rather than cool bands ...just a thought but no disrespect to any of these players...they are all badassses first and foremost.
Brilliant! I thought I was reading my own post! I have been thinking the same for years. Music only for musicians, elevator music and or a drum clinic crowd. I actually hate it!
Not true for Vinnie though. Vinnie played on so many records, not just jazz/fusion. He plays Pop to metal to country, movie soundtracks etc. That’s why he’s voted the best all-around drummer many times on modern drummer magazine.
@@JoEsp yeah i agree about vinnie including his work with Sting and Frank Zappa etc.....my comment was more directed in general to the "chops gods" drummers
Maybe it's me...But it seems Vinnie was more fluent in the 80's Today he seems to hit hard much harder then then!! Just seems much more heavy handed!! Not badmouthing...just observing!
I swear the following story is true. I was living in LA next to a guy who loked like Kieth Richards on a bad day. He said he performed under the name Mad Anthony and we should come see his band that night. We had absolutely dismissed this guy as a complete burnout but he said, "Come on out, Vinnie's in town." We didn't ask Vinnie who. That night we went to see him and he was transformed, with a sort of Alice Cooper-ish stage show. At the break he brought a guy to our table and said "I'd like to introduce you to Vinnie Colaiuta." We were speechless.
