Results for "Vinnie Colaiuta"

Vinnie Colaiuta

Born: February 5, 1956

Vincent Colaiuta is a highly regarded drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14.

After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, Colaiuta relocated to Los Angeles and made a mediocre living playing with lounge bands. His break came in April 1978 at the age of 22, when he auditioned for Frank Zappa, an audition that involved performing the notoriously difficult piece entitled "The Black Page". The audition was successful and Colaiuta went on to work with Zappa as his principal drummer for studio and live performances. Colaiuta's performances on Zappa's albums Tinsel Town Rebellion, Joe's Garage and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar are considered by many drummers to be among the most astounding ever recorded. Joe's Garage was named one of the top-25 drumming performances of all time in a 1993 Modern Drummer article.

American Heartland

By Todd Mosby

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Clouds Above Golden Fields; Palomino; Witchi Tai; Witchi Tai (postlude); Wichita Lineman; On the Farm; Joanie's Town; American Heartland; All the Stars Tonight; A Rising Moon; Land of Green; Both Sides Now.

Jason Miles 100 Miles for Miles Davis

By Jason Miles

Label: Lightyear Entertainment
Released: 2026
Track listing: 100 Miles, The Girl With The Purple Hair, Controlled Chaos, Malibu Midnight Blue, Samba Para Miles, Jeanne Moreau, Miles to Miles (solo piano) Miles to Miles 1994 Remastered

Verses Under My Shadow

By Rafael Greco

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Verses Under My Shadow; Vincenza Nel Mare; La Nuit; Lucia; Dr. Igloo my evil and clumsy stalker; Bagheria; I Changed The Title; Due Fratelli; Cenotaph (A farewell to my saxophone case); Joseph Conrad’s deletions, Get It Straight; Sonatina (Méliès) for Solo Piano

Wingwalkers

By Bob McChesney

Label: MoCo Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Naima; Litha; Inner Urge; Donna Lee; Wingwalkers; Stella by Starlight; Jitterbug Waltz; Monk’s Dream; How Deep Is the Ocean?; Invitation

Mark Isham: Analog Machines And A Jazzman's Breath

by Lawrence Peryer
October 3, 2026

This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on trumpeter, composer, and synthesist Mark Isham. He's out now with At The Carousel Club, his first solo album in fifteen years, built around vintage analog synthesizers and a band that includes Nels Cline, Vinnie Colaiuta, and a string quartet. We talk about where the ...

Dave Holland: Through the Years by Roberto Cifarelli

by Roberto Cifarelli
October 1, 2026

A collection of photos of Dave Holland taken over the years at concerts in Italy (Milano, 2005, 2011, 2021, 2025; Berchidda, 2015; La Spezia; Vicchio) and in Switzerland (Chiasso, 2023) featuring Kenny Barron, Josemi Carmona, Robin Eubanks, Kevin Eubanks, Pepe Habichuela, Herbie Hancock, Eric Harland, Amy Keys, Lionel Loueke, Sonia Mitchell, Steve Nelson, Chris Potter, John ...

The Tension Is Where the Music Lives: Miles Davis at 100, Part 3

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
August 26, 2026

Herbie Hancock Celebrates Miles Davis Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA August 19, 2026 The Hollywood Bowl began as a picnic ground called Daisy Dell, a canyon chosen for its acoustics, willed into being largely by women, chief among them Artie Mason Carter, a music teacher who believed music was for everyone ...

Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian, The Miggy Augmented Orchestra & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 29, 2026

This broadcast celebrates the beginning of Summer with new music from Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian and the Miggy Augmented Orchestra, plus birthday shoutouts to Irene Higginbotham (Good Morning Heartache), Jaimie Branch, Amy Shook, Brianna Thomas, Monika Herzig, Sasha Berliner, Chenxi Pan, Alicia Olatuja, Dominique Eade, Tamuz Nissim, Migiwa Miyajima and ...

Lucia

June 27, 2026

Album: Verses Under My Shadow
By Rafael Greco
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 4:21