Jazz Articles about Vinnie Colaiuta

Dominic Miller: 5th House

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2012

Per il suo quinto lavoro solista Dominic Miller sceglie di avvalersi di un autentico dream team, capace di mostrare sia qualità espressive che tecniche di livello assoluto, in dieci brani originali racchiusi in quaranta minuti preziosi e coinvolgenti. Il titolo 5th House rimanda alla quinta casa astrologica, che solitamente viene definita come la casa del piacere. E in effetti nell'album firmato da Miller il tutto sembra rimandare al concetto di amore e passione, in quanto le melodie sono spesso costruite ...

Vlada: All About You

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 2, 2011

Non è mai troppo tardi. Vlada ha impiegato 5 anni per registrare il suo CD di debutto. Voleva fare le cose in grande. Era consapevole che la sua vocalità lo avrebbe portato dove voleva. Soprattutto nei paraggi della musica R&B e soul, quella che trova la sua massima espressione in Stevie Wonder, per esempio, ma anche in Bill Whiters e Donny Hathaway. Il cantante serbo-svizzero dove affilare le armi. E prima di gettarsi anima e corpo nelle delizie della musica ...

Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters

by George Kanzler
March 6, 2008

The participation of such former and present Grammy nominees and winners as Norah Jones, Tina Turner, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza and Leonard Cohen (reading “The Jungle Line" like a beat poet), as well as the iconic stature of Joni Mitchell herself, may have immeasurably helped in winning this CD the Grammy Album of the Year award. But that doesn't diminish the significance of it being the first jazz album to win the award in forty-three years. For make no ...

Herbie Hancock: River: The Joni Letters

by John Kelman
October 11, 2007

While it might be easy, on the surface, to view pianist Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters as a continuation of Possibilities (Hear, 2005), nothing could be further from the truth. Possibilities was an unapologetically pop record; River is unequivocally jazz--although such broad classifications shouldn't matter. River is, quite simply, a superb disc that takes Joni Mitchell's extant jazz proclivities and gives them an even greater interpretive boost. The majority of River is culled from Mitchell's “classic" songwriting ...

Paul Anka: Rock Swings

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 13, 2005

Pop music sure has changed since Paul Anka last helped rule the airways (as composer or performer) with such mainstays as “My Way, “Diana, “She's A Lady, and “Puppy Love.Decades later, Anka's own notes explain the Rock Swings! concept: “We all embraced the idea: to find songs from a diverse group of musicians, from Nirvana and Van Halen, to Lionel Richie and The Pet Shop Boys, and reinvent them in an entirely unique way: Swing! The result, a ...

Vinnie Colaiuta/Robben Ford/Jimmy Haslip: Jing Chi

by Todd S. Jenkins
April 12, 2002

Another Tone Center supergroup strikes gold. Ex-Zappa drummer Colaiuta joins Yellowjackets bassist Haslip and blues-jazz guitar god Ford for a pretty damned satisfactory fusion foray. The big ears and fleet fingers required to pull off music like this are present in spades, and Ford's pedigree revives the blues feeling that's been so often absent in jazz-rock outings.

This is actually a fairly relaxed set compared to some of the barn-burners Tone Center has released of late. The impression is that ...

Vinnie Colaiuta - Robben Ford - Jimmy Haslip: Jing Chi

by Glenn Astarita
February 1, 2002

Guitarist Robben Ford has established a successful solo career; bassist Jimmy Haslip gained notoriety with the Yellowjackets; and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta is perhaps one of the most called upon session artists in the business. One might have high expectations for this joint production, yet not much happens until we get to the piece titled “Going Nowhere."

A few of these works may rekindle notions of the late '60s power trio Cream, thanks to Ford's velvety blues licks, staccato-like crunch chords, ...