Home » Jazz Articles » Virgil Donati
Jazz Articles about Virgil Donati
Chick Corea Electric Band, John McLaughlin and some rock fusion from Virgil Donati and El Grupo
by Len Davis
Music from Chick Corea Electric Band, Five Peace Band with John McLaughlin and Chick Corea, Venezuelan keyboardist Santiago Bosch, rock fusion from Virgil Donati and Mederic Collignon playing electric Miles Davis. Playlist Chick Corea Electric Band “Tale of Daring Chapter 3" from Inside Out (GRP) 00:00 John Mc Laughlin and Chick Corea “Raju" from Five Peace Band (Concord) 08:57 Andre Nieri “Fred" from Two Tone Sessions Live (Self Produced) 17:45 Santiago Bosch “Transition" from Galactic Warrior (Self Produced) ...
Continue ReadingVirgil Donati: Just Add Water
by John W. Patterson
One of the hottest fusion rock drummers strutting the planet these days is Virgil Donati. This release showcases his enormous talents. Amazingly enough, all the spectacular, percussive energy and sonic paintings on Just Add Water are spontaneous, unrehearsed jam sessions. I have seen video of Donati going absolutely genius-insane on drums with T.J. Helmerich and Brett Garsed. He held my rapt attention. I should admit I am not a drum-fanboy but Donati is heads and high hats above the rest ...
Continue Reading
