Joe Vannelli
| Joe Vannelli | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 December 1950 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Pop rock, soft rock, jazz, blue-eyed soul, funk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Joe Vannelli (born 28 December 1950) is a Canadian musician, composer and record producer. He was credited on most records of his brother, Gino Vannelli, and in collaboration with youngest brother Ross Vannelli, the three have won many awards.
Vannelli studied music theory in Montreal, and learned to play piano. He was influenced by artists like Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck and Erroll Garner. During the seventies he developed an interest in electronic instruments; he was one of the early synthesizer players. He contributed to most of Gino's albums as a composer, producer, arranger, programmer and engineer.
Apart from his work with Gino and Ross, he has been credited by many artists like Chaka Khan, Eartha Kitt, Gary Morris, David Meece, Kudasai, Marilyn Scott, Jimmy Haslip, Brenda Russell, Pat Thomi, Don Sebesky, Kit Chan, Bill Meyers, Gianni Bella and Glenn Jones.
Early on in Vannelli's career, he and brother Gino decided to head to Montreal where Gino headed one morning to the offices of A&M Records. There Gino managed to get past security and catch Herb Alpert. After liking what he heard resulting from Gino's audition, Alpert signed him on.
For most of Gino's career, Joe was his keyboard player and arranger. In the early 70's Joe would overdub most of the multiple keyboard parts to create that certain progressive sound of the early 1970s. This was a time when polyphonic synthesizers weren't around.
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