Vinnie Colaiuta - Herbie Hancock

[FunkAltGr]

Viennie are an awesome drummer and he has a fantastic groove



[ajwasp]

i respect these musicians enormously, and i love Vinnie, but this is still just music made on lsd...i just don't know when to hear this kind of music....in the car? with a girl? party music? relaxing...it is good to play as a musician though, no doubt.....any others comments anyone?

[TheArruda19]

Herbie Hancock is the best!!!

[mr89sunshine]

pls, which drumheads !  ???

[nandooobass]

see great groove: /watch?v=sTMjT6YsyXk

[chadcoleman808]

Steve Harvey is my favorite bassist

[Jabarichonicles]

tasteful porn music

[therealJodan]

How is the tone of the bass changed/deepened @1:50? Does any one know how it is done?

[strobaholic]

@therealJodan I believe he is using a foot pedal device that simply adds an extra octave to the note that is played.

[bassmcmatty]

@therealJodan It is an octaver pedal. I use one and it sounds exactly like that. It really helps fill up the sound especially in a 3pc setting when the guitarist goes off on a solo because i play a note and the pedal duplicates it just an octave lower.

[StrawberryJungle]

@therealJodan Sounds like he has a synth bass pedal. It's just an effects pedal you connect to your bass and amplifier and press down when you want to activate the effect.

[octaveo79]

this is true talent!!

[GodsAbe]

@Heffsta02 You're right, this song is so Soul-less!

[boccadaddy]

@GodsAbe lionel loueke, herbie hancock's favourite guitarist.

[littlewolfofficial]

i've seen this bassist everywhere, but i don't know his name.

can someone help me out?

thanks

[trinikiri]

@littlewolfofficial His name is Nathan East, bass player for the jazz quartet Fourplay, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Anita Baker, etc.. he's LA most called up and sessionist..

[littlewolfofficial]

@trinikiri oh seriously, i love nathan east's early stuff, i didn't recognise him all this time!

always seen him with hair haha

thank you!

[trinikiri]

@littlewolfofficial You're most welcome..

[Aiina]

This is the worst Chameleon i've ever seen. :X

[mikeanelson]

Vinnie deserves black man status.

[xbarboxx]

i wish vinnie had a lil more dirt in his i am not really a fan of too clean

[NickSayle]

@xbarboxx agree, he is truly amazing, almost too polished though

[kweshunators]

To say anything bad about Vinnie is proof that you know nothing at all about music and life as well. Are you deaf or simply daft?

[Shostakovicification]

yeah

[dore8k]

that vinnie is such an alian.... (in a good way) haha

[engineman0815]

and btw, i gave a shiii.. of all tah names lol

[engineman0815]

this is like bla bla bla.....were is the music?and were are the headhunters?shity sound...

[Heffsta02]

@engineman0815 dude I was about to blast you for dariing to call Herbie boring, but the sound is so soul-less. Drummer has no vibes, bass is boring and has no body.

I have to say I agree with you.

[zinnful]

@Heffsta02 to not bust chops 24/7 isnt vibeless. 

[BeanToine27]

@engineman0815 There would be no Headhunters without those kind of jams

can't you just appreciate the talent?

[engineman0815]

boring....

[micheletti1]

muito boa improvisação,o tema é muito legal

[MrThaakal]

schönes vid könnte echt so schön sein wenn mich einer vor dem allein sein rettet

[rafaelmcoelho]

@MrThaakal You said everything. Any other comment would be a waist of time.

[strwy2hvn94]

is that sgt. doakes on bass?

[2youonly]

Masterclass!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LedZeppelinisgod100]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

MY BRAIN JUST EXPLODED. YET I HAVE ENOUGH BRAIN CELLS TO POST THIS COMMENT ABOUT HOW BRAIN-BLASTING THIS IS.

[kage1369]

only f****** bankers in the first rows, just as always in switzerland

[robertvideo]

Vinnie is NOW officially the worlds GREATEST- LIVING drummer... period end of story

[provider112]

@robertvideo I agree my friend, he is the best and the most complete drummer in the world!!!! And what a feeling!

[sebajo82]

nice bass tone of Nathan...

[tubamanKevinU8]

@sebajo82 yeah. straight up.

[MrB1U]

Loueke plays so out there but it works!

[piccinini02]

who am I? where I am? who are these guys? I dont know anymore. Are they gods?

[isiah1977]

funky

[aRandomNicole]

its without a doubt chameleon they just go into a little bit of a groove and return to the beggining theme towards the end

[NewBreedOfDrummer]

If I'm not mistaken, it sounds like they're playing 'Chameleon', from Head Hunters. What an album that is!

[erflaz]

le solite cose alla colaiuta,me le aspetto tutte una dopo l'altra,pero' e' sempre un grandissimo anche lui.

[SPDrumLessons]

poco groove no? ja

[paringu]

2:47 vinnie messed up aahh...rare,but we are humans.

great song great musicians..

[pownjhell]

@paringu I don't think he messed up, it was just the ending..

[JerryOnDrums]

Hmmm...I might wager that it was Herbie who was late on the last hit. Usually the band is supposed to listen to the drummer for the pace of the ritard.

[paringu]

@paringu well I was just saying that because everybody was at the same time in that hit but not Vinnie ,maybe that hit was like that maybe not,or just the feeling you know,I was just messing up,of course there are a lot more good things to say about this great musicians..

[tattoo39369]

If they messed up - oh well. Not everyone can be as tight as Tower of Power

[mcmillansabq]

@paringu It's a triplet pattern in the kick drum.

[Frenzyfingers]

nathan east

[JonP1961]

@Frenzyfingers

great player. love his work in Fourplay

[porcuspine]

what bass is that??

[christopherrgabriel]

@porcuspine

Seems the yahama BBNE signature series bass guitar. But I can't be sure :)

[sxmadrid]

Amazing. Great tune. Don't like the track on Headhunter's but this just turned my opinion around.

[karmineka]

Back beat Glory!!

[NicholasMirth]

if yr looking for insulting... or at least embarrassing synth timbres you should look no further than "Synth Medley 1985" featuring Mr. Hancock.

[XmanDuke4]

Embarassing? He was a pioneer of synth timbres...24 years from now i bet people like you will think that usage of a vocorg is embarassing

[ashleytrigg]

@XmanDuke4 I already think that... Nasty brass sounds

[OVNILIGHT]

Full soft.

[mlaveway]

I loved seeing this tune live when they were in Seattle!

[michaelc383]

Nice version of "Chameleon"! Very cool!

[guidomattina57]

Simply Perfect!

[HolyStriver]

WA WA WE WA very nice

[charlesneedham]

Why do I hear a mix of an Average White Guy song in here?

[edrjazz]

could it be cause you are really hearing Cameleon and you think you understand what you believe you heard but what they are performing is not what you meant?

[SoloB3]

Herbie hancock on the new Korg Oasis...

[pajaroloqo]

Actually e v e r y b o d y here in this video are master monsters!! :)

[djlsb]

nathan east is a monster >very underrated

[houseofcoffe]

lionel loueke is sick

[jazzzzzman]

Why are jazz pianoplayer are always using so terrible and really cheap sounds when they play snythesizers???

[robbermans]

i think because they don't have enough money to buy better stuff or something like it.

[phektus]

so listener can shift focus from tone and give more effort to hear what he's expressing musically

[BlackRavenOfficial]

I love Herbie and have seen him twice live, but the problem is that he plays a sound that "imates" a real hornsection (like in the original studio recoding version of this song). But a synthesizer is in my opinion an instrument with its own sound. It is shity when you try to replace a "real" instrument and a real musician wih one synthesizer.

[phektus]

Which he doesn't, as long as you don't think of the synth sound as something that "Imitates" another sound but just another tone available and close to the traditional ones like a horn section, or, as you said, a sound in itself. There's a real musician working on just another tone to produce a real (very good) sound / music.

[lither]

@jazzzzzman That's even more strange when Herbie is playing the Korg OASYS, one of the most advanced synthesizer on the market.

[Lycanlord378]

@jazzzzzman Alot of times, it's because alot of them couldn't afford the sounds they wanted when they were just cutting basic club gigs. And that's the sound to which they're accustomed, as far as synth goes. But you also have to think, these were the guys that really made those sounds. Herbie Hancock especially. Because before guys like him and Stevie Wonder, etc. The most advanced thing on the market was the old Rhoads EOP which was just an electric organ with vibrato.

[Toshfunk]

in my opinion vinnies the only guy whos really on it in this video, herbie jus wasnt playin as well as he usually does.... nonetheless, decent jam

[kevyn513]

chicken

[cgmsdh]

Quite an interesting guitar

[62erPrecision]

it's a Yamaha Silent Guitar

[DrummerInExile]

I could listen to Vinnie all day....pure bliss....

[Ajowerty]

The bass player looks like Michael Jordan!!

[bakedaddy747]

the bass player is nathan east - a seriously great studio player.

[michelschyns]

It's Nathan East

[jackcoltman]

Lionel Loueke is freakin' bad boy!!

[pacolecce]

il chitarrista non è all'altezza

[Francaneto2009]

Que maravilha de tema!

So tronxeiras no palco....

Tu é doido meu irmão!!!!

jazz na veia!

[perovaas]

Nathan East is something else! His groove keeps the band together, besides being so infectious.

[nothingtoitbuttodoit]

i would love to jam with that bass player

[adrian5b]

I know... he ain't doing nothing outrageous, but he's really got the beat

[BuddyB1tch]

u mean the chameleon theme part?

i think its normal that herbie is steppin out a bit at that part

[pennprodigy]

could just be the mix throwin me off. that horn patch is a bit loud.

maybe it was lionel's fault for not picking up the energy (and volume) at the end of his solo.

[pennprodigy]

damn that was awesome!

gotta say it though...think herbie was steppin on lionel's solo a bit too much.

[sukkyatlife]

anyone know what guitar lionel was using?

[yourdudeness080]

It`s a Yamaha Silent guitar series.

Commonly used lately by jazz players.

[mambobass]

I've seen nathan play live a few times and this is a bad bass sound ... bloody engineer!

[dev3553]

oooo Herbie? what's this??? do you need money baby?

[winnerbaby44]

so much musicianship per square inch

[Rickyzinho]

brilliant

[wuckle]

Nothing to see here - Haha - Hope u are being Sarcastic.

[zhiwy]

I like this only because Nathan! He rules!

[funkrock94]

boring

[jcbass]

bad

[iequalztehgod]

Chameleon :D

[yairoka]

yeahhhhh chameleon rox, best funk song ever (i used to play it a lot ^^)

[gvbattle]

call me crazy, but this version is just boring. as if they all just dialed it in. spiritless. i've heard them all do much better. just my opinion.

[jaydude214]

herbies chord at 2:15 hahahahah!!!!! so out ridiculous!!!

[guscaldas2]

You should write Herbie an email JAYDUDE to tell him not to play that chord ever again. I believe you have a very limited ears.

[jongell]

Well, the guitar player played some real outside notes in the preceding phrase, so Herbie just lays down a classic crunchy altered dominant (b9,11)... Nothing to see here, move along...

[ZiljianK]

Seems like the drummer and bassist just dont connect im not a fan of this combo even if they are all great musicians

[DBP92]

Vinnie has played on over 1000 albums, played on the Joan Rivers show, toured with Sting, currently tours with Jeff Beck and Herbie Hancock, and can play any style of music. He even played on a Megadeth ablum (The System Has Failed). The man can defy analysis. He also does all first takes. Listen to City Nights (Allan Holdsworth). You may not believe this but that was a first take. This is like the 5th time I've posted this comment to the haters.

[costamesa22]

Touche DBP92 these people deserve all recognition true talent at it's finest.

[PUZZOLAX]

@DBP92 Dude you forgot Frank Zappa...

[GaryNull]

@PUZZOLAX - Let's hear it for another great Italian . ..

[TupolevTech]

@DBP92 absolutely right, the man is a drumming legend already.

[bigfatbobby]

@DBP92 FUCK WAS THAT A FIRST TAKE!? Damn....

[funkydrumr51]

@DBP92

Thanks, my brother, for defending the true goodness, but the haters don't even deserve a response. Peace.

[unknownkingdom]

@DBP92 Too bad he's fat and has man boobs.

[juanbarros88]

Some people have a problem with Vinnie. Many People dont seem to appreciate his playing when he does complex moves and plays around with the tempo and meter. His drumming may seem really weird sometimes if people dont know what he's doing. I really enjoy his playing even more now that I'm understanding rhythms quite better. WTF is he playing out of time??? JK. I took long to understand his soloing approach and many things he does. He likes to challenge the audience clapping. he got me lost!

[geosh78]

Their ears aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate the musical flavor being offered, if it's not G to C to D, they get lost... LOL.

[azuma33]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! LMFAO!!!!! Lol'.

[geosh78]

ya know it's true... LOL...

[Dwyl29]

hahahaha true!

[vidfan69]

Or in 4/4 with a back beat strictly on 2 and 4.

[CalebDudey]

hmmmmmmmm... something not quite happening between Vinnie and Nathan. shame cos in other situations they rock (when they're not playing together).

[jbowers56]

Also, I went to see this band. Herbie Hancock is my favourite musician, Lionel Loueke blew me away, Nathan East was grooving his ass off, but somehow Vinnie managed to ruin it for me. It's like when he plays live he just loses the ability to play music. And yes, I mean music, not stupidly over the top, far too loud 'oh look at me i can play fast and i know some polyrhythms' shit. What a wanker.

[BIGRICHARD66]

Your comment is interesting (as is others who say he is off time).....The way you feel about the drummer is valid(It's how you feel) But it's interesting that Herbie Hancock doesn't realize what you know. I think The drumming is excellent myself. Maybe Herbie should call you for advice about who should be in his band: Cause obviously you know more about music than ol Herb.

[jbowers56]

I suppose that's why there are different kinds of music. I am just really not a big Vinnie fan. Herbie obviously is.

[Drumboy81]

I don't dig the stuff from the guitarist at all. It sounds horrible to my ears. Sounds to me like he tries to be as much off beat and off tone as possible...not cool at all I think. What Vinnie, Nathan and Herbie do is brilliant as allways, especially from the middle and to the finish where they've found the groove. :)

[jbowers56]

He is playing tonally for a great deal of the time?... he uses no more syncopation than any other jazz player... Please don't comment on things that you clearly don't understand. Improvisation needs to move on even if you don't want it to. If Lionel Loueke's playing is too much for your ears to take, then keep it to yourself.

[Drumboy81]

Omg! Why do you attack me? I just expressed my humble opinion on the clip here on youtube..is that a crime? I DO know what I'm talking about. I'm a session musician and play about 100 gigs a year with various artists and genres. But that doesn't matter. I still think I have the right to write what I think about a clip. They are all amazing musicians, all I said is that what Lionel Loueke does in this clip is too off my taste. Isn't youtube a place for debate and a place where you discuss things?

[jbowers56]

I just wrote that because it's fun. Youtube comments are one of the highlights of my day - ooo the bickering!

You are more than entitled to your own opinion. I wish I played 100 gigs a year! Then again if you are playing so much and still think Lionel is too far out, I don't think I'd enjoy your gigs very much. hehe.

[Drumboy81]

hehe, that's fair! No hard feelings. :) I normally like his playing alot just wasn't my taste in this clip, that's all. What's your instrument? I saw two clips on your profile with piano and bass...wild shit! hehe. You're one of them?

[change145]

I love Lionel Loueke, but I agree. I don't really care for some of the licks he's playing in this video. It just comes off as an attempt to be abstract.

[Oneness100]

I love Herbie, but this sounds dysfunctional. I would have walked away from this concert disappointed. Break out the old analog gear, get Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Wah Wah Watson, and Bennie Maupin.

[bensax2bass]

im watching them soon

bit of a different band though, dave holland on bass and chris potter

[remmurds]

Creative!!!!

[mirak63]

I have seen Lionel Loueke with Herbie Hancock live and he is really awesome

[drummerboy3535]

0:52-0:55

AGH!!!!!

[marc777danielle]

i understand where vinnie was going in theory because he kinda does those weird time lag riff's a lot but that is one of those cases where it did'nt work in practice.

[juanbarros88]

that wasnt that weird not that hard to understand

[drummerboy3535]

really? you don't think that worked? he seems to come back in without any trouble. i just commented originally because i want to know what he was thinking!

[marc777danielle]

i think he came in perfectly its just that while he was playing that riff it gave a wierd effect. i've got lot's of stuff that vinnie does that type of thing. it's like one of his favourite things 2 do but sometimes it seems 2 make things a little awkward. its basicly playing slightly behind the beat.

[juanbarros88]

HE likes to make things awkward, probably to confuse the audience and the other musicians....Just kidding, but those awkward things are just jokes, that what he said about Im Tweaked. jajaja. They are funny!!!! Maybe Zappa's musical sarcasm was contagious, no?

[marc777danielle]

you know what man, you're probably right because he does like 2 do stuff like that. good pick homey.

[juanbarros88]

He plays around with time, thats wasnt that out anyway, its just borrowed time

[marc777danielle]

speaking of playing around with time, have you ever heard him with sting. he's got this song called "7 day's" thats in 5 (you've probably heard of it) where vinnie's really playing with time. as a matter of fact there's a few song on that album where he plays with the time. the songs are in odd time and vinnie has this uncanny ability to flip the time. i did'nt realize how hard the songs on that album were until now because i'm trying to learn them.

[gulikersj]

thanks for the comment, I'll try to find that music.. I don't like all of Vinnie's stuff, but this is really cool!

[marc777danielle]

the album is called "10 sumners tales"

[juanbarros88]

I have even have the pop albums where he plays in, like in Alejandro Sanz MTV unplugged, and Eros Ramazzotti,many others....and his work with Frank Zappa, now there you can see what I mean by playing around with time, polyrhythms and weird borrowed time(s) ad odd time signatures too like 19/16, I enjoy that more that plain speed, VInnie has class

[marc777danielle]

joes garage. that album was rediculous. did he play on "shut up and play your guitar", "son of ....." and "you can't do that live anymore"?

[juanbarros88]

Little Green Rosetta is quite weird and funny, reggae backwards and he plays like Steve Gadd, Steve Gadd's Clone.....jajajajajaj. Token of my Extreme, great technical groove. Lucille's Reggae, great stuff in Joe's Garage, some time signature changes, weird stuff... I'm just bored

[juanbarros88]

Little Green Rosetta is quite weird and funny, reggae backwards and he plays like Steve Gadd, Steve Gadd's Clone.....jajajajajaj. Token of my Extreme, great technical groove. Lucille's Reggae, great stuff in Joe's Garage, some time signature changes, weird stuff... I'm just bored

[juanbarros88]

Yes seven days is in fact one of my favorite songs, and I have that album Ten Summoner's, and yes he even play around with odd time signatures, like playing the ride in 4/4 and the rest in 7/8. but is not that hard to play the grooves, its just that you cant play like he does, tasty fills and ornamentation

[ulfgarlargo]

Lionel Loueke is amazing... check out his trio Gilfema... world/jazz insanity.

[felixayala05]

i agree the guitar line is crazy good.

[timreyes58]

the guitar player is anything but off. hes unique and creative.

[BenGilhooly1992]

I'm sure there's a bit of Azymuth's 'Chameleon' slipped in here...

[pastor1us]

azymuth's chameleon? you mean... chameleon, the classic funk song that herbie hancock wrote?

rofl. of course they're playing chameleon, it's herbie's song.

[BenGilhooly1992]

Shame! I never knew that, how did Azymuth discover that song then? Their version sounds so typical of Azymuth that I just assumed it was theirs...

[pastor1us]

Chameleon is one of the landmark songs in jazz/funk/fusion... that song alone is significantly more famous than Azymuth (the whole band). Chameleon is one of the most covered songs around

[Bisqueman5]

i liked everything but the guitar sounded off, bass keyboards and drums were totally bitchin

[ProMarkChris]

I saw these guys with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.. Absolutely amazing.. They didn't do Chameleon or Cantaloupe Island though.. Did do St. Louis Blues, the most funked out I've EVER heard it.. Amazing stuff, amazing musicians

[Jadyellow8]

I was going to say it before I read all the comments: that really wasn't anything special

[markee2006]

Always love me some herbie hancock can,t stand the bass player nathan east though i never liked him ever since i saw at a clinic in vancouver last year.

[berkleekid18]

the guitar player looks like he is talking to himself. lol

[stepsahead]

Hi guys, The headhunters members had right. there were an not so known debate around the headhunters saying Herbie made people believe he was the Major band member... Without any headhunters members, the herbie's concert sounds so freaky now. and It does not groove at all. Oh man, it is even worst than a jazz session at your local pub.

[DrummerInExile]

bit harsh with the pub comment - its extremely groovin to non-hardcore jazz or herbie fans...

: P

or if u think vinnie has always got a groove going!