Vinnie Colaiuta - Revision history

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Spider of Destiny at 17:24, 22 September 2020

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Tzf: clean up formatting on blockquotes

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clean up formatting on blockquotes

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 '''Frank Zappa''': ''"Yeah."''
-- [[Den Simms]], Eric Buxton and Rob Samler's interview ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]]'', September 1990.
+- [[Den Simms]], [[Eric Buxton]] and [[Rob Samler]]'s interview ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]]'', September 1990.
 [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] provided drums (and the occasional vocal) on:
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 *[[Anyway The Wind Blows (BTB)]]
 *[[At The Circus (BTB)]]
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Colaiuta, Vinnie]]
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 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Colaiuta, Vinnie]]
 [[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Colaiuta, Vinnie]]
+[[Category:The MOFO Project/Object (The List)|Colaiuta, Vinnie]]

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 all of their hotels paid for, etc.</p> <p>Shortly before the start of rehearsals in the U.S., [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] and [[Jeff Berlin]] called our office and tried to make secret deals to get their individual salaries raised, saying, 'Don't tell the other guys.'</p> <p>When I heard of this, I canceled using the electric group with the orchestra, saving myself a lot of time and trouble rehearsing them, and a lot of money moving them around."</p></blockquote>  <div align=right>— Frank Zappa, ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>
-He is mentioned in [[Catholic Girls]] as a ''"Catholic boy"''.
+He is mentioned in [[Catholic Girls]] as a ''"Catholic boy"''. Colaiuta also had a talent for mimicking seal sounds, as demonstrated in ''[[Seal Call Fusion Music]]'':
 [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] provided drums (and the occasional vocal) on:

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 *[[Buffalo]]
 *[[Saarbrücken 1978 (BTB)]]
-*[[Any Way The Wind Blows (BTB)]]
+*[[Anyway The Wind Blows (BTB)]]
 *[[At The Circus (BTB)]]

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 [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] born Vincent Colaiuta, February 5th, 1956, is a highly regarded drummer and prolific session musician.  He met and auditioned for [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] in 1978 after a recommendation from [[The Fowler Brothers|Tom Fowler]].  The [[Avedis Zildjian|Zildjian]] percussion company created a Vinnie Colaiuta drumstick.
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 all of their hotels paid for, etc.</p> <p>Shortly before the start of rehearsals in the U.S., [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] and [[Jeff Berlin]] called our office and tried to make secret deals to get their individual salaries raised, saying, 'Don't tell the other guys.'</p> <p>When I heard of this, I canceled using the electric group with the orchestra, saving myself a lot of time and trouble rehearsing them, and a lot of money moving them around."</p></blockquote>  <div align=right>— Frank Zappa, ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>
 [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] provided drums (and the occasional vocal) on:

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:03, 14 September 2021
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−	[[Vinnie Colaiuta]] born Vincent Colaiuta, February 5th, 1956, is a highly regarded drummer and prolific session musician. He met and auditioned for [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] in 1978 after a recommendation from [[Tom Fowler]]. The [[Avedis Zildjian\|Zildjian]] percussion company created a Vinnie Colaiuta drumstick.	+	[[Vinnie Colaiuta]] born Vincent Colaiuta, February 5th, 1956, is a highly regarded drummer and prolific session musician. He met and auditioned for [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] in 1978 after a recommendation from [[The Fowler Brothers\|Tom Fowler]]. The [[Avedis Zildjian\|Zildjian]] percussion company created a Vinnie Colaiuta drumstick.

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 *[[Joe's Garage Act I]]
 *[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]
-*[[Tinsel Town Rebellion]]
+*[[Tinseltown Rebellion]]
 *[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar]]
 *[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More]]

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 [[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Colaiuta, Vinnie]]
-He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
+He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
 ==Sources==
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−	[[Vinnie Colaiuta]] born Vincent Colaiuta, February 5th, 1956, is a highly regarded drummer and prolific session musician. He met and auditioned for [[Frank Zappa]] in 1978 after a recommendation from [[Tom Fowler]]. The [[Avedis Zildjian\|Zildjian]] percussion company created a Vinnie Colaiuta drumstick.	+	[[Vinnie Colaiuta]] born Vincent Colaiuta, February 5th, 1956, is a highly regarded drummer and prolific session musician. He met and auditioned for [[Biography\|Frank Zappa]] in 1978 after a recommendation from [[Tom Fowler]]. The [[Avedis Zildjian\|Zildjian]] percussion company created a Vinnie Colaiuta drumstick.

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-<blockquote>"A (guitar) soloist choosing to work in this odd style ultimately winds up as a hostage -- he can go only as
+<blockquote>"A (guitar) soloist choosing to work in this odd style ultimately winds up as a hostage -- he can go only as  far into the 'experimental zones' as his rhythm section will allow him to go. The problem lies in the
-far into the 'experimental zones' as his rhythm section will allow him to go. The problem lies in the
+polyrhythms. The chances of finding a drummer, a bass player and a keyboard player who can conceive of those polyrhythms -- let alone identify them fast enough to play a complementary figure on the
-polyrhythms. The chances of finding a drummer, a bass player and a keyboard player who can conceive
+moment, are not good. (The grand prize goes to [[Vinnie Colaiuta]], the drummer for the band in 1978 and '79.)"</blockquote>
 <div align=right>— Frank Zappa, ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>
-<blockquote><p>"The band I was bringing over from the States would be doing a total of seventeen weeks' work, all
+<blockquote><p>"The band I was bringing over from the States would be doing a total of seventeen weeks' work, all of it rehearsal except for four weeks of rock shows, one week of orchestral concerts and five days
-of it rehearsal except for four weeks of rock shows, one week of orchestral concerts and five days
+of recording. It was to be a nine-piece group and each musician would have earned $15,000 for the seventeen weeks of work plus having all of their travel expenses paid, all of their food paid for,
-of recording. It was to be a nine-piece group and each musician would have earned $15,000 for
+all of their hotels paid for, etc.</p> <p>Shortly before the start of rehearsals in the U.S., [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] and [[Jeff Berlin]] called our office and tried to make secret deals to get their individual salaries raised, saying, 'Don't tell the other guys.'</p> <p>When I heard of this, I canceled using the electric group with the orchestra, saving myself a lot of time and trouble rehearsing them, and a lot of money moving them around."</p></blockquote>  <div align=right>— Frank Zappa, ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''</div>