# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vinnie-colaiuta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:46:06.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vinnie-colaiuta"
name: "Vinnie Colaiuta"
slug: "vinnie-colaiuta"
description: "Vincent Peter \"Vinnie\" 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."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vinnie_Colaiuta_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1956-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump