Why this artist must be listed in : Progressive guitar composer and Zappa alumni.Ī decent compilation of early Vai, but. VAI is highly recommended to any guitar player (if somehow you don't already know him), and any fan of great guitar and rock composition in the vein of ZAPPA. VAI's big albums are 'Flex-Able', his first landmark debut album and the incredible 'Passion and Warfare'. playing duets with jazz saxophonist Andy Shepherd). along side AL DI MEOLA (reconstructing Al's 'Race With The Devil On Turkish Highway') and on the critically acclaimed Indo jazz fusion album by Surinder Sandhu, 'Surang Orchestra', where Vai plays the closest you find to jazz, (e.g. Since then other solo albums have been issued and VAI has continued to innovate and impress as a great composer and incredible guitar player. G3 tours also ensued, featuring VAI and SATRIANI and a new guitarist each year, notably ROBERT FRIPP and JOHN PETRUCCI. STEVENS and another ZAPPA alumni TERRY BOZZIO. VAI in 1993 created his rock unit called VAI featuring DEVIN TOWNSEND, T.M. VAI also joined ALCATRAZZ and DAVID LEE ROTH to create hard rock music in the vein of VAN HALEN. In 1984 VAI went out on his own and started creating his own albums. VAI was given the name 'Little Italian Virtuoso' and sometimes 'Stunt Guitarist' by ZAPPA, because of VAI's technical skill and sounds produced. He was in ZAPPA's group, playing very complex pieces, sometimes even transcribing out ZAPPA's solos and music just to play them live (something he had done in his final year at university according to room-mate Happy The Man's Stan Whitaker). STEVE VAI is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, studied master classes under JOE SATRIANI, and student of the Berklee School of Music, Vai later was invited to join FRANK ZAPPA's band by ZAPPA himself. Steve Siro Vai - Born J(Long Island, New York)

Steve vai passion and warfare cd