Vinnie Colaiuta

Just back from the Herbie show.

Much preferred this show to the last time I saw him. Everyone was playing safe then and Vinnie was holding back a loy. This time it was back to, although sober I hope, a real 70s fusion vibe and it's the first time I've felt Lionel really fit. Still, it's the afro harmony singing that does it and Herbie obviously loves the sounds. As a guitar player, I'll never really be sold. James had solid feel. Not much soloing, though.

Herbie does a lot of the same stuff, especially at shows like this, but it sounded really different this time.

For the drum nerdy stuff: Vinnie was playing his new signature snares, regular 6-piece Gretsch, but must have been a 20" bass drum. Ride far right again with X cymbal up on the right and one splash above the china. Slightly different from the vids so far. Mostly matched grip except for brushes and the funky stuff. Definetly Vinnie, but there seems to be more back to the roots and nod to Tony and Billy thing going on. Not overused, but certainly not shy with the double pedal.

Definetly nice to see him indoors again, pretty close up and in a venue that's really controlled. You couldn't even go in or out at all between songs.


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Just back from the Herbie show.

Much preferred this show to the last time I saw him. Everyone was playing safe then and Vinnie was holding back a loy. This time it was back to, although sober I hope, a real 70s fusion vibe and it's the first time I've felt Lionel really fit. Still, it's the afro harmony singing that does it and Herbie obviously loves the sounds. As a guitar player, I'll never really be sold. James had solid feel. Not much soloing, though.

Herbie does a lot of the same stuff, especially at shows like this, but it sounded really different this time.

For the drum nerdy stuff: Vinnie was playing his new signature snares, regular 6-piece Gretsch, but must have been a 20" bass drum. Ride far right again with X cymbal up on the right and one splash above the china. Slightly different from the vids so far. Mostly matched grip except for brushes and the funky stuff. Definetly Vinnie, but there seems to be more back to the roots and nod to Tony and Billy thing going on. Not overused, but certainly not shy with the double pedal.

Definetly nice to see him indoors again, pretty close up and in a venue that's really controlled. You couldn't even go in or out at all between songs.

Definitely a 22" kick. 10 lugs per side. Also check the backline company, they don't even have a smaller USA Custom kick:
http://www.backline.no/gretsch-usa-custom-dark-walnut-satin-oil/
 
A co-worker and guitar player saw Herbie Hancock w/ Vinnie at the Boston Orpheum last week, I think it was Thursday. I was pretty jealous!...was a great show.
 
Another great solo with implied metric modulation, I love it.

That's a cover of Michael Jackson's Black or White (Arranged by Hadrien Feraud & Nicki Gonzalez)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7BELE-3gMI

There's a chapter to explain that sort of implied metric modulation in my own book Time Manipulation, that's going to be out soon.
http://www.timemanipulation.com/en/


The guitarist in the previous video is Kamil Rustam who recently released a CD with Vinnie on most tracks. It seems to be a limited edition as a physical CD.
https://kamilrustam.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT8f7ErX42I

I also ordered a new Brian Eisenberg CD. There's a few videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__cBmOEFtCE&list=UU3lE0lGekspB6P4phlpMf9Q

I also ordered the Mili CD, that was mentioned in a previous post.

There's also a new Jing Chi CD (Supremo) that's quite interesting.
If you don't know, Jing Chi is a trio with Robben Ford, Jimmy Haslip and Vinnie C.

Also, I recently met Jimmy Haslip, who told me he has a new CD coming out soon, with Vinnie as well.


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