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The re-lease, which included previously unreleased material, was celebrated by a very special 100+ date world tour in which he performed the entire Passion and Warfare record live from top to bottom for the first time. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of his landmark album, Passion and Warfare - highly regarded as one of the greatest instrumental rock guitar recordings of all time - Vai released Modern Primitive/Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Edition in 2016.
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The multi-album deal marked an SME homecoming for Vai, who set the gold and plati-num standard for instrumental rock music across a series of albums released through Rela-tivity and Epic Records from 1990’s game-changing Passion and Warfare (his second album and first major label release) through 2007’s orchestral Sound Theories, Vol. Upon signing a multi-recording agreement with SONY Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings in 2015, Vai released Stillness In Motion – Vai Live in L.A., a 2-CD set and 2-DVD set, internation-ally. In 2012, Vai embarked on an epic three-year tour spanning 253 engagements (including shows, concerts with various orchestras, & master classes) in 52 countries in support of his 16th solo album release, the critically acclaimed The Story of Light. He has created music for block-buster films, best selling video games, national sports franchises, and corporate brand initi-atives. For Vai, virtuosity and versatility are not mutually exclusive. The orches-tra’s director, Marcel Mandos, said of Vai’s work, “Steve Vai’s music can easily compete with that of famous contemporary composers.”Īs an accomplished audio producer, Vai has written, produced, and engineered all of his solo albums, and released many via Favored Nations Entertainment, his own independent record label that has also released over 70 albums by legendary musicians such as Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Lukather, Eric Johnson, Billy Sheehan, Larry Carlton and many more.
Vai’s other orchestral compositions include “The Middle of Every-where,” which had its world premiere in 2011 with the Noord Nederlands Orkest. 1 & 2, performed with the Nether-lands’ Metropole Orkest. Highlights include 1990’s groundbreak-ing Passion and Warfare, and 2007’s Sound Theories Vol.
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Vai’s full discography encompasses more than 60 albums, includ-ing many with Zappa, others from stints with Roth and Whitesnake, as well as live releases, collaborations, compilations, and orchestral works. Vai has toured the world as a solo artist, as a member of G3, Generation-Axe, and with Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth (just after Roth left Van Halen), Alcatrazz, and Whitesnake-at the peak of its popularity. He is a musical alchemist of the highest order.” While many artists fit easily into a single category, Steve Vai remains unclassifiable. In bestowing it on Vai, TEC noted, “Steve Vai’s sheer breathtaking facility on the guitar is acclaimed in the rock world and beyond…Vai has dedicated his talents to creatively advance the language of music. Past winners of the Les Paul Award include Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and Bob Clearmountain. In 2012, the TEC Foundation honored him with the prestigious Les Paul Award, cre-ated in 1991 to salute those who have set the highest standard of excellence in the creative application of technology. The 2016 Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee was voted the 10th “Greatest Guitarist” by Guitar World magazine and consistently lands among the best in various lists of the top guitarists of all time. His career accomplishments have earned him honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and Musicians Institute. Vai’s work has been recognized with a long list of awards and honors, including over 15 from Guitar Player magazine alone. More than three decades, over 15 mil-lion in album sales, and three GRAMMY Awards later, Vai has proven himself, in his own right, to be one of music’s true originals.
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At 18, he began his professional music career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. A virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery, Steve Vai has awed fans of all genres with his exceptional guitar skills and musicianship for decades.