Ya Gotta Try - Vinnie Colaiuta w BR Big Band

[@Gretsch0997]

I’ve returned and watched this so often that I’ve lost count. God dam it, it’s “that” good!

[@woodysdrums8083]

Never was there a kinder and more humble man. I first met louie at 12 he was a friend of my drum teacher miss them both so much. Louie and Jimmy in drummer heaven.

[@pedrumb]

You can watch this vid in 20 more years and will still be memorable.

[@eriksmithdrummer]

At this particular event, at this point in time this was such an awe inspiring event and Vinnies drumming floored all of us. Also, keep in mind the context here. All the drummers who participated has admitted that they were extremely nervous. They were called upon to play in the honor of Buddy Rich two years after his death WITH his band! Players evolve and change through the course of 25 years. Check out Vinnie´s awsome big band playing in recent years and of course his legendary playing with Sting.

[@Teethclenser2007]

the accuracy and the speed of the fill from 2:09 to 2:12 or 13 is......I remain speechless everytime I see this even if I watched this many many times

[@danielkornuta4965]

That kit sounds great

[@rainbarlow]

You negative guys should stop writing comments and start practicing. Enter the woodshed and study. Play MUSIC. Don't get focused on "extreme drumming". Every pro I talk to confirms that Mr. Colaiuta seem to come from beyond this world. He is outstanding. To play drums means to play from within your deepest soul, with ultimate attitude coming with each stroke you do, may them be the softest or loudest you ever played. And your groove has to be played to reach the hearts of people listen to it.

[@jmalarid]

One hell of a Drummer right there. That hair flip, though... Whatever. Vinnie OWNS!!

[@ColinRobinson72]

I never get tired of watching this performance.

[@nickb1796]

Unbelievable as always!!

[@semajgnik]

5:15 Vinnie was like, "killed it."

[@danielwoodwardcomposer2040]

+semajgnik Yeah, he looks like a classical conductor :)

[@reynoldshortonjr.9739]

semajgnik. mmmmmmmm

[@Pennyw0rth-x4u]

different ball game mate isnt it.

[@getthefffffoffme]

Then he thought - nextime I'll do it better

[@getthefffffoffme]

They all play better than us right? chuckles

[@jaystrass8608]

Vinny great with the big band as well as in Corea Trio wow

[@DREWSKIBOY1]

This never gets old

[@RafikMankariosDrumStudio]

Solid...just solid! Bravo Vinnie!

[@ArchieBC]

Impecable.

[@timothydooley1550]

There is Vinnie and then there is everyone else!!! And I mean everyone else!!!! He can play any gig on any stage at anytime... oh yeah also reading the charts! No one comes close!!!!

[@johnbrown9092]

How great is it to see Buddy's drum kit behind.

[@AudioWonderland]

I think that is Louie Belson's kit in the back. Double kicks with LB on them

[@johnbrown9092]

+AudioWonderland think you're right! Can see LB now !

[@michael-y8c]

Never get sick of this ...

[@SpiritOfRadio2112]

He fucking killed it. Fucking. Killed it.

[@PedroGonzalez_Music]

Don't forget this was a "drum show" ... the main character here is the drummer, so in that context Vinnie played it perfectly! The whole band was great as well btw ... and this was 27 years ago ... most of the drummers that played the show are still performing .. and being as good as they were (if not better) !!!

[@MartinMillerGuitar]

Beethoven on drums.

[@semajgnik]

no, Beethoven was Vinnie on the Piano.

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

Those drums would be a pile of fiberglass. Do you know what Beethoven did to pianos?

[@yvesgerard1308]

I Say rather Bartok !

[@drummer8by2]

VC is an absolutely amazing Drummer....so many greats have come and gone and there are still so, sooo many greats with us....just enjoy the greatness of them all, and they wouldn't have done this if it wasn't for BR....

[@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante]

One of the best drummer ever.

[@Colaiuta91]

Vinnie.......i haven't words....

[@wormtownpaul]

Of the three drummers present at this event--Vinnie, Weckl, and Gadd--I think Vinnie definitely plays most in the style of Buddy.

[@betodrums2110]

El vídeo que demostró al mundo entero quién es el mejor baterista del universo entero!!!. Dios bendiga a Mr. Vinnie Colaiuta!.

[@yvesgerard1308]

Vinnie Colaiuta was young here ... and he played already as a god ! ... Definitivly the best with Dave Weckl ...

[@baxtertniles1]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 ABSOLUTE MADNESS!!!! Wow. Chop city.

[@jndkid013]

the best sense of rhythm on the planet. by far

[@salchaos]

Vinnie is one mother f-er of a drummer. Period.

[@tomspice73]

yeah. but not in Swing

[@youdeservemusic]

80s ! Love V. C.

[@franciscog.aristaleon104]

great song!!!

[@jonathonbattiest4522]

colaiuta is much smoother than I imagined

[@dougsteeleguitar]

He's fucking mad!! Ahhhhhh. Love that shit.

[@TempoDrift1480]

Wow, listen to those hi-hats!!!

[@venierclo]

Vinnie el mejor!!!!

[@LRS905]

It is not fair. Vinnie Colaiuta. He is not a fucking human. He just is not.

[@braianllenleu2788]

vinnie colaiuta un groso, se convirtio en unos de mis favoritos

[@TheDdrum07]

Vinnie Colaiuta- A modern example for the next generation.

[@chickrepelant]

what an absolute monster

[@johnbrown9092]

Superb!

[@rockdrumr2772]

Is this ridiculously out of sync for everybody, or just me?

[@heythere135]

Same

[@johanponin1360]

That's just vinnie shifting time.

[@Gretsch0997]

It’s on time.

[@marklohman965]

Stupid out of sync.

[@janetremsing6988]

😂😵‍💫🤨I think it's just the acid maaaaaannn! 😂

[@anilkarahal4526]

Nobody can play swing or latin or funk or pop like Vinnie . Best drummers of the world 1. Vinnie Colaiuta 2. Dave Weckl 3.Tom Brechtlien . 4. Other drummers .

[@teddys3558]

Effortless!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@서로다른]

진짜 미친다

[@smoukondeuoter]

BEAST!

[@soicanspeak]

WHATEVER YOU DO: DONT (D-O N-O-T) click on "Joan Rivers Showcase" Or have you already, and if so... am I right?! LOL Vinny IS "the man". INSANE to say the least! "4 people dont like this"? 4 people are arrhythmic

[@michaelcaplin8969]

I'm not a drummer, but I usually watch through that whole video about 5 times a week. Not because I really want to, but because I'm forced to on account of the INSANE drumming and overall coolness of Vinnie. And of course that AWESOME 80's drum sound.

[@Axes83]

I'm just wondering who the hell can dislike this...

[@tmonozy]

is it just like RLLRLR? I want to learn such a great fill, played so well.

[@ApplianceOperator]

You're living in the dark ages and commenting from within. This is kids stuff to what is performed by the best drummers now.

[@VeryLargeRat]

The best drummers....like Vinnie? There's a reason why he's still the go-to guy.

[@Smitty089]

Dang.....Im mad he's doing this in a suit....Good stuff!!!!!

[@JustYerStandardUFO]

I've just been reminded how truly GREAT Buddy Rich was. Vinny has some chops no doubt and I love this guy's playing but when it came to big band drumming...Buddy has no equal. At least to me. He could kick the hebby gebbies out of a band. He was very musical with great chops. He new where to put it all if you know what I mean. No disrespect to the great Mr. C here. He did very well on this.

[@baxtertniles1]

What? Buddy only played ONE GENRE MY FRIEND. Vinnie can play GOSPEL, ROCK, LATIN AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. buddy was hot, but please dont go too far off wih "goat". Please.

[@nicholasc.1024]

baxtertniles1 But he’s the best at what he does. Just because u can play every style doesn’t mean ur automatically the greatest.

[@Vazmusic]

Agreed. The time feel is just not right here. It's not that Vinnie is bad.he is ana aiming drummer.Just not in this idiom.

[@soicanspeak]

this video is rad

[@DanTheMandrummer]

Amazing. Really drives the band.

[@dinogettie9220]

VINNY HANDS DOWN!!

[@bBoss-xl1ld]

Dang, he has one mean single stroke roll.

[@yaronbrecher7397]

Amyzing. Drummer

[@danlc95]

I managed to work that fill at 2:54 into an original tune. I love the way it flows.

[@andym28]

As much as I love Vinnie and think he is the most gifted drummer since Buddy this does not swing.

[@tunefultonyjohnson4100]

Andy M If you want swings then head out to the fairground... this is big band music for those with ears and a nose.....

[@tomspice73]

agreed. He is my fav but buddy is buddy

[@Jetemande]

just 33 years .....

[@soicanspeak]

they are triplets played on the snare drum: ride cymbal beats 1 2 3 4, snare drum fills in the triplets with his left hand on the snare drum, like this: 1tt2tt3tt4tt, where beats 1 2 3 4 are the ride cymbal, and the "tt" after beats 1 thru four are what make the ride cymbal and snare drum 8th note triplets or some people count 1-tri-plet 2-tri-plet... etc where 1 is the ride and tri-plet are the snare drum = continuous 8th note triplets between the ride cymbal and snare drum sweet!

[@lorenzmuller3542]

4:09 what is he playing here? Alternating singles with snare and bass again or something different?

[@BleedandRise]

+Lorenz Müller That is what we call in metal a 'blast beat', indeed alternating singles with snare and bass/ride.

[@lorenzmuller3542]

I figured it out. It's alternating triplets... That's all. But fast.

[@lovinyouintheass]

he is a true drumgenous

[@vincenorman]

Smokin'!!!

[@Xformat01]

Buddy would have loved this!

[@turjis8838]

Fucking perfect!

[@mikestix78]

What snare is that?! Killer..

[@SEhpm]

+Michael Nakamoto most of metal piccolos have that cranck. But snare doesn't play itself. I think it's normal snare with Vinnie's hands :)

[@casbont]

Is that Egon from ghostbusters on 2nd tenor?

[@paulbaker3522]

That's Jerry Pinter. Steve Marcus on the first tenor. Eric Marienthal on 2nd alto, and Greg Smith on bari. Not sure who the lead alto player is.

[@jamiewelsted]

WTF, i have the chart for this tune, how does vinnie do that shit. He sees time as three or four dimensional. The little glance down at the chart near the end is just taking the piss as he then rips those next figures with great accuracy. What a legend, what a god damn genius!!

[@crankabit]

Thing is .... it's not ALWAYS about you Vinnie. When somebody else takes a solo, don't step all over them. Lay back man. If your always pounding your ass off then there aint no contrast.

[@lambskin89]

when he does the double hits on the kick drum between his runs, is that one pedal or two?

[@Bankai2169]

Yes.

[@yarpyarp85]

Bankai2169 best answer

[@davel3045]

Bankai2169 you're welcome. now if you were smart enough to actually answer the question, that would've been great. seems that you lack the IQ. sorry for the news.

[@Bankai2169]

Dambert L If you look at the bass drum itself and the hi hat during the runs, you'll see it's two pedals lmaooooo

[@lambskin89]

that's not what i was asking, but thanks

[@danlc95]

@sgunner29 No. Where do you get that idea.

[@DarkeningSkies1]

The absolute best way to enjoy ANY music related video on KZbin? Ignore the comments section. Just pretend it isn't even there. And this goes triple for drum performance videos.

[@RandyHanley]

I wonder if there is a before clip of him saying "let me take off my glasses so I do not incinerate them with my awesomeness".

[@colonelcorn56]

Thanks Vinnie! I can die now. Dan

[@danablett]

so what kit is this? it looks like a recording custom but they were never made in white.... was this a custom color? or is it a different make of yamaha... just those lugs scream RC...

[@Charles-hh2gy]

Great funky grove Cover for the Crusaders

[@christianwilliam6594]

sick

[@bobbydroback8994]

vinnie is the shit!!!

[@cbr1000drummer]

Vinnie Colaiuta did session work for Megadeth a few years back, so he can also bang with the metal guys too. Apparently Dave Mustaine needed a better drummer than the ones heavy metal had to offer.

[@josemendezfr]

Dave was just tired of playing with the kids, he needed the big boys.

[@apasaja7477]

This is THE HOT SWIIIINGGG....

[@RandyHanley]

4:10 yeannhh sweet

[@EBERGER81]

Oh my God! Vinnie........

[@5hekwoaga]

@Drumming2thelord agreeed

[@rwfrench66GenX]

Does anyone else have the audio off by 2 seconds?

[@MannyGodinez95]

Oh my -3

[@MrBerenstain]

@Drumming2thelord Well said!

[@igorvdelima]

just Vinnie....

[@patricel6341]

DRUMLORD !!!

[@danablett]

yeh i figured.

[@damianquadro]

I´ve watched this a million times, and also Buddy....Well...for me Vinnie is inmensely superior to Buddy....sorry guys, don´t kill me!

[@smilzomagro]

In some way yes, but about hands technique, No I'm sorry, Buddy is still the greatest. Ask to Vinnie what He thinks...

[@KONAMAN100]

Yep. Agreed.

[@ENIGMVTIK]

@george nolte I see you've done your very best Buddy Rich "bus tapes" impression here. I don't know man, it doesn't seem to translate well through text. Maybe try a similar diatribe in front of a real person, film it, then get back to us with the results.

[@ENIGMVTIK]

@george nolte Are you genuinely autistic, George?

[@garrettmillerdrums]

It's not a competition.

[@jspfgh]

Does Vinnie use Attack drumheads in this vid?

[@leeyatding]

i think jazz is more about improvisation than quietness

[@smoukondeuoter]

3:06....STYLE ! ! !

[@Dutc308]

The audio and video were off

[@tunefultonyjohnson4100]

This spanky drummer dude looks like some kind of combination of Marty Feldman and Count Dracula in a smart grey suit.... :))

[@homard62]

Interesting to read all the armchair quarterbacks taking pot shots at Vinnie in the comments. like it makes you a better drummer by dissing him or Tommy aldridge does this better or Neil Peart does that better. Grow up. Look and listen and learn. If you asked Tommy A (who I have always dug) or Neil P (Who i respect) Neither would have a bad word to say about this performance. As an aside. Neil Peart did one of these and it went really badly. Big band jazz is not his thing at all but he came and laid his thing out for everyone to see. Props for knowing he was going into the lion's den and going for it.

[@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante]

At 4:43 .....he turn his head and he looks at the partiture....