Vincent Peter Colaiuta is an American drummer known for his technical mastery who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014. Colaiuta has won one Grammy Award and has been nominated twice. Since the late 1970s, he has recorded and toured with Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, among many other appearances in the studio and in concert.
Colaiuta with Jeff Beck at the Palais Theatre in Australia, 2009
Colaiuta with Kenny Garrett in the Five Peace Band, 2008
Colaiuta on drums with Frank Zappa at the Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY. October 25, 1980
Bernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, singer, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
Rich at the Arcadia Ballroom, May 1947
Buddy Rich in New York City in August 1946
The Buddy Rich Big Band in the 1940s
Buddy Rich performing at a concert in Cologne, Germany on March 3, 1977