My favourite clip of Vinnie Colaiuta in his prime is the kind of legendary footage of him playing with Abe Laboriel, Greg Mathieson and Michael Landau at The Baked Potato in 2000.
Vinnie Colaiuta live at The Baked PotatoI just love how he comes in what it seems a bit late, he says he had a smoke outside. He's wearing what it looks like sweatpants
because why not? He sits down in his comfort zone and just starts playing at first a bit slowly and about 12 mins later he has ploughed through a lifetime of drumming knowledge.
So I found this guy that transcribed the whole video which in itself is impressive and time consuming. It's really interesting to follow along and kind of see into Vinnies mind and what he plays.
Vinnie Colaiuta Baked Potato Live - FULL DRUM TRANSCRIPTIONIt's so impressive how he bends the time signature several times and then comes back. I found it to be a bit easier to follow by subdividing 14/16 to 4+3+3+4 or 4+4+3+3 which I think follows the main groove starting at 0:44.
Anyway I thought it could be interesting to share for those that haven't seen it yet.