Vinnie Colaiuta and Abe Laboriel trade eights over a smooth jazz samba (Music From Heaven, Rome '03)

Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar
Abraham Laboriel Sr. - bass
Tom Brooks - keys
*To people that know that samba is usually written in 2/4: I know. I don't care.

[@steveryan7786]

What I like about vinnie is that he is totally willing to forget about his awesome technique and go with his vibe

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

If Vinnie C is your drummer there's nowhere to go but down. Dude is not of this world.

[@gravitydrums1391]

for sure.

[@joshuahornsby767]

Down??

[@fernandochvelazquez6393]

Alfareros grabaron con Vinnie????!!!!! Woooooooowww!!!! Qué gustazo se dieron, Felicitaciones!!!!! Mi batero favorito!!!!!!

[@tmaddrummer]

Senior is the glue that held it together.

[@triprack]

I used to live across the street from The Baked Potato on Ventura and would go see Vinnie, Abe L, Mike Landau and Greg Mathieson play all the time. Effing unbelievable shows. I would walk over there. The owner was a friend and I always had a front row seat, literally feet from the stage. It was like watching them play in your living room. Those were the days...

[@nealsausen4651]

Oh, you mean you live at the Carl’s Jr. across the street from the potato or under the CHUNGA tunnel?😅

[@triprack]

@@nealsausen4651 arch drive

[@nealsausen4651]

@@triprack ; know it well I lived in Van Nuys for years

[@triprack]

@@nealsausen4651 patio at Fox & Hound was our daily haunt

[@triprack]

That and residuals

[@kimweemhoff8066]

What drug was that light tech on?

[@KONAMAN100]

Yeah, no need. Get a grip.

[@turdhat]

Yeah, I would be mad as hell if I was the artist. I play live and when a strobe goes off like that is can make it hard to play because it is so distracting. I have had it mess with me sense of balance before.

[@williamweiss6128]

🤣

[@randymiller899]

Never let your light tech eat a hit a mescaline before a jazz show must have worked on the dead tour last week 😳

[@duv1982]

​@@KONAMAN100I see what you did there 😂

[@chriscarney5374]

Abe Laboriel Jr must love jamming in the house with Dad.

[@spangalang]

There's a great video with them both on Drum Channel with Mike Landau and Greg Mathieson if you haven't checked it out!

[@salthedrummer1]

Vinnie is a monster! a good one...

[@AmatriceBand]

Tightest and the most clear drummer I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen a lot

[@terryreknaw6152]

Dennis Chambers is up there. 👍

[@johnjuan6698]

Steve Gadd above Vinnie, about 1 meter only...

[@oneanddone7992]

John Guerin.

[@dividad1]

Joe morello absolutely should be up there in your list as well

[@musopaul5407]

@@johnjuan6698 Gadd is a great drummer (a master) but technically not in the same ballpark as Vinnie; which is to say, technique isn't everything.

[@leancarpearl]

Brilliant!!

[@johnwilson2456]

enough with the damn lights! you're gonna us all seizures

[@tuomokalvia1623]

The musicians must have been suffering because of that uncomfortable light innovation 🤔But that was fine music and playing from those masters.

[@johnboyle3297]

Golden rule when a strobe light comes on “don’t look at your hands”

[@jamescaliendo1030]

Yeah great!!! Two monster players and 4000 watts of strobe lights. It was like trying to watch a video of Cloverfield attacking NYC

[@tipofelice]

Would love to see Vinnie’s hands, I could most certainly do without the very distracting Strobe light.

[@davidolson558]

I can hear the stickings

[@jefferylyles4782]

I can hear everything he's doing clearly, everything

[@jonnykk1]

I think the lighting was normal for this gig. Vinnie’s phrasing just triggered it into another dimension

[@MrMadBaggins]

Cool!!!

[@tipasoneinthisone9498]

That was sick!!

[@ghiblinerd6196]

That snare

[@peterpaluska7745]

OK light guy, take it easy. Let these guys play. Awesomely at that. We know you're the light guy.

[@RvP6384]

Whoa..

[@whisperingthunder9832]

The lights make this hard to watch...too bad because it sounds great

[@binkwood]

Holy Fuck!

[@odaydrums]

i just hd a pokemon seizure was it the flashing lights or the playing?

[@triprack]

And for those of you who have never seen Mike Landau play - holy shit...

[@spangalang]

One of the happiest moments of my life was sitting 6 rows back, watching Landau take a solo with James Taylor. Living in New Zealand, those moments are quite priceless :-)

[@La_sagne]

i assume the funk never stopped in the laboriel household

[@musopaul5407]

Abe Junior is a pretty tasty drummer as well.

[@darcyliam6]

Absolutely Sublime. Is this gig available anywhere on dvd/ blu Ray?

[@gravitydrums1391]

Love it

[@jackprofit1163]

Doxology 🔥

[@paoloalcantara2465]

These artists had every reason to get mad at the lights technician…..

[@KARAOKE_BAKA]

ヤバいよ😵

[@nealsausen4651]

Can you stop with those annoying flashing lights please

[@mammontustado9680]

God, I hate strobe

[@Rockin_Ross]

I’m confused. Abe Laboriel is a drummer and all I see here is Vinnie and a bass player. Where’s Abe?

[@RyanandSaraDelling]

That is Abe Laboriel senior on bass . His son Abe Jr. is the drummer

[@ModernLove100]

lol Abraham Laboriel Sr. is not just a bass player, the man is a true legend! He's like Victor Wooten's dad, the one bass virtuoso who invented all that stuff decades ago. Abe Jr. is very talented, but not anywhere near his dad's musical accomplishments yet.

[@peevee605]

Doh! He’s on the bass.

[@gravitydrums1391]

VInnie is on but abe is wayyy out of time and groove

[@davidrosen9711]

Lighting SUCKS

[@zepereboide]

sorry but that's not samba lol

[@spangalang]

It's like, smooth jazz samba or something.

[@gerg3825]

Not really up-tempo either. Haha

[@gerg3825]

It’s a great find, though - thanks for posting!

[@spangalang]

@@gerg3825 Title changed just for you.

[@gerg3825]

@@spangalang Haha - well now it feels weird. But I really do like the vid. The beauty of that medium tempo is that it’s perfect for sextuplet craziness. And that phrasing on solo #3 - damn.