Don Airey

Don Airey
Don Airey nel 2005
Nazionalità	Regno Unito
Genere	Heavy metal Hard rock Rock progressivo
Periodo di attività musicale	1974 – in attività
Gruppi attuali	Deep Purple
Gruppi precedenti	Colosseum II, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Whitesnake, The Company of Snakes, UFO, Living Loud
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Donald Smith Airey, detto Don (Sunderland, 21 giugno 1948), è un tastierista e compositore britannico celebre per lo sterminato numero di collaborazioni con diverse band hard rock ed heavy metal e per essere, dal 2002, il tastierista dei Deep Purple.

Biografia

Inizia a studiare musica da giovanissimo alla Royal Northern College of Music e si laurea in musica e pianoforte alla Nottingham University. Interessato a jazz e rock inizia a suonare l'organo Hammond nei cabaret e poi sulle navi crociera in giro per il mondo, già dal 1972.

Ha suonato con molti dei più importanti gruppi hard rock e heavy metal dagli inizi degli anni settanta fino a oggi. Ha collaborato per le parti di tastiera in oltre 200 album spesso senza apparire nella formazione delle band e talvolta rimanendo addirittura nell'ombra durante le prestazioni dal vivo.

Partecipazioni

Molte band che necessitavano provvisoriamente di un tastierista hanno usato i suoi servigi in studio o dal vivo; più che un semplice turnista Don Airey ha reso più armonici e completi gli arrangiamenti di moltissimi gruppi lungo oltre 30 anni di carriera suonando e contribuendo proattivamente a moltissimi dei successi di Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Graham Bonnet, Brian May, Babe Ruth, Tigertailz, Jagged Edge, Slave Raider, Sinner, Strife, Katrina and the Waves e molti altri.

Discografia

Con i Deep Purple

• 2003 – Bananas
• 2004 – Rapture of the Deep
• 2013 – Now What?!
• 2017 – Infinite
• 2020 – Whoosh!
• 2021 – Turning to Crime

Con i Colosseum II

• 1975 – Strange New Flesh
• 1976 – Electric Savage
• 1978 – War Dance

Con Rainbow

• 1979 – Down to Earth
• 1981 – Difficult to Cure

Con il Michael Schenker Group

• 1980 - The Michael Schenker Group
• 2008 - In the Midst of Beauty

Con Ozzy Osbourne

• 1980 – Blizzard of Ozz
• 1983 – Bark at the Moon

Con gli Whitesnake

• 1987 – 1987
• 1989 – Slip of the Tongue

Con i Fastway

• 1988 - On Target
• 1990 – Bad Bad Girls
• 1997 - On Target Reworked

Con The Company of Snakes

• 2001 - Here They Go Again
• 2002 - Burst the Bubble

Con i Living Loud

• 2004 - Living Loud
• 2008 - Living Loud Live

Solista

• 1989 – K2
• 2008 – A Light in the Sky
• 2011 – All Out
• 2014 – Keyed Out
• 2018 – One of a Kind
• 2021 – Live in Hamburg

Collaborazioni

• 1978 – Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
• 1979 – Gary Moore - Back on the Streets
• 1980 - Bernie Marsden - And About Time Too
• 1988 - Jethro Tull - 20 Years of Jethro Tull
• 1990 - Jagged Edge - You Don't Love Me
• 1990 - Judas Priest - Painkiller
• 1990 - Tigertailz - Love Bomb Baby
• 1990 - Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
• 1992 - Cozy Powell - Let the Wild Run Free
• 1994 - The Kick - Tough Trip Thru Paradise
• 1994 - Katrina and the Waves - Turnaround
• 1997 - Glenn Tipton - Baptizm of Fire
• 1998 - Colin Blunstone - The Light
• 2000 - Micky Moody - I Eat Them for Breakfast
• 2000 - Uli Jon Roth - Transcendental Sky Guitar
• 2002 - Metalium - Hero Nation Chapter Three
• 1993 - Brian May - Back to the Light
• 1987 - Helix - Wild in the Streets
• 1982 – Gary Moore - Corridors of Power
• 1984 – Gary Moore - Dirty Fingers
• 1986 – Gary Moore - Rockin' Every Night - Live in Japan
• 1994 – Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues
• 2010 - Saxon - Call to Arms

Note

Voci correlate

• Ozzy Osbourne
• Gary Moore
• Brian May
• Cozy Powell
• Electric Light Orchestra

Altri progetti

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Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Sito ufficiale, su donairey.com.
• (EN) Don Airey, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) Don Airey, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Don Airey, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) Don Airey, su Encyclopaedia Metallum.
• (EN) Don Airey, su IMDb, IMDb.com.

V · D · M Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore Cantanti: Ronnie James Dio · Graham Bonnet · Joe Lynn Turner · Doogie White Bassisti: Craig Gruber · Jimmy Bain · Mark Clarke · Bob Daisley · Jack Green · Roger Glover · Greg Smith Tastieristi: Micky Lee Soule · Tony Carey · David Stone · Don Airey · David Rosenthal · Paul Morris Batteristi: Gary Driscoll · Cozy Powell · Bobby Rondinelli · Chuck Burgi · John O'Reilly · John Miceli
Album	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow · Rising · Long Live Rock 'n' Roll · Down to Earth · Difficult to Cure · Straight Between the Eyes · Bent Out of Shape · Stranger in Us All
EP	Jealous Lover
Live	On Stage · Finyl Vinyl · Live in Germany 1976 · Live in Munich 1977 · Memories in Rock - Live in Germany
Compilation	The Best of Rainbow · The Very Best of Rainbow · 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rainbow · Pot of Gold · All Night Long: An Introduction · Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology · Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
Discografia · Formazione

V · D · M Deep Purple
Ian Gillan · Simon McBride · Roger Glover · Don Airey · Ian Paice Rod Evans · Nick Simper · Ritchie Blackmore · Jon Lord · David Coverdale · Tommy Bolin · Glenn Hughes · Joe Lynn Turner · Joe Satriani · Steve Morse
Album	Studio Shades of Deep Purple · The Book of Taliesyn · Deep Purple · Deep Purple in Rock · Fireball · Machine Head · Who Do We Think We Are · Burn · Stormbringer · Come Taste the Band · Perfect Strangers · The House of Blue Light · Slaves & Masters · The Battle Rages On... · Purpendicular · Abandon · Bananas · Rapture of the Deep · Now What?! · Infinite · Whoosh! · Turning to Crime Raccolte The Deep Purple Singles A's & B's · When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll · The Mark II Purple Singles · Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple · Smoke on the Water: The Best Of · 30: Very Best of Deep Purple · History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76 dal vivo Concerto for Group and Orchestra · Made in Japan · Made in Europe · Nobody's Perfect · Smoke on the Water: The Best Of · 30: Very Best of Deep Purple · Come Hell or High Water · Total Abandon: Australia '99 · In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra · Live at Montreux 2006 · Around the World Live · History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76 · Phoenix Rising · Live at Montreux 2011 · Perfect Strangers Live
Singoli	UK Hush!/One More Rainy Day · Emmaretta · Hallelujah/April · Black Night · Strange Kind of Woman/I'm Alone · Fireball · Never Before/When a Blind Man Cries · Might Just Take Your Life/Coronarias Redig · You Keep on Moving/Love Child · Smoke on the Water · Perfect Strangers/Son of Alerik · Knocking at Your Back Door/Perfect Strangers · Call of the Wild/Strangeways · King of Dreams/Fire in the Basement · Love Conquers All/Truth Hurts USA Hush!/One More Rainy Day · Kentucky Woman/Hard Road · River Deep - Mountain High/Listen, Learn, Read On · Emmaretta · Hallelujah/April · Black Night · Strange Kind of Woman/I'm Alone · Fireball · Never Before/When a Blind Man Cries · Lazy/When a Blind Man Cries · Highway Star · Woman from Tokyo/Super Trouper · Smoke on the Water · Might Just Take Your Life/Coronarias Redig · Burn · You Can't Do It Right (with the One You Love)/High Ball Shooter · Stormbringer/Love Don't Mean a Thing · Gettin' Tighter/Love Child · Knocking at Your Back Door/Wasted Sunsets · Call of the Wild/Dead or Alive · Bad Attitude/Black & White
EP	Smoke on the Water
Brani	I'm So Glad · The Mule · Soldier of Fortune · All the Time in the World Deep Purple in Rock Child in Time · Bloodsucker Machine Head Highway Star · Maybe I'm a Leo · Pictures of Home · Never Before · Smoke on the Water · Lazy · Space Truckin' Burn A 200 · Lay Down, Stay Down · You Fool No One · What's Goin' on Here · Sail Away (Deep Purple) · Mistreated
Altro	Purple Records
Discografia · Formazione

V · D · M Ozzy Osbourne
Discografia
Album	Studio Blizzard of Ozz · Diary of a Madman · Bark at the Moon · The Ultimate Sin · No Rest for the Wicked · No More Tears · Ozzmosis · Down to Earth · Black Rain · Scream · Ordinary Man · Patient Number 9 Dal vivo Speak of the Devil · Tribute · Live & Loud · Live at Budokan · Ozzy Live Cover Under Cover Raccolte Best of Ozz · Ten Commandments · The Ozzman Cometh · The Essential Ozzy Osbourne · Prince of Darkness · Memoirs of a Madman · See You on the Other Side
EP	Mr Crowley Live EP · Ultimate Live Ozzy · Back to Ozz · Just Say Ozzy · iTunes Festival: London 2010
Singoli	Crazy Train · Mr. Crowley · I Don't Know · Flying High Again · Over the Mountain · Tonight · Symptom of the Universe · Paranoid (Live) · Bark at the Moon · So Tired · Shot in the Dark · The Ultimate Sin · Crazy Train (Live) · Miracle Man · Crazy Babies · No More Tears · Mama, I'm Coming Home · Mr. Tinkertrain · Changes · Perry Mason · See You on the Other Side · I Just Want You · Back on Earth · Gets Me Through · Dreamer · Mississippi Queen · In My Life · I Don't Wanna Stop · Not Going Away · Let Me Hear You Scream · Life Won't Wait · Under the Graveyard · Straight to Hell · It's a Raid (feat. Post Malone) · Patient Number 9 (feat. Jeff Beck) · Degradation Rules (feat. Tony Iommi) · Nothing Feels Right (feat. Zakk Wylde) · One of Those Days (feat. Eric Clapton)
Voci correlate	Black Sabbath (Discografia)
Componenti della band	Ozzy Osbourne · Zakk Wilde · Adam Wakeman · Rob Nicholson · Tommy Clufetos · Randy Rhoads · Robert Sarzo · Bernie Tormè · Bob Daisley · Pete Way · Lee Kerslake · Don Airey  · Brad Gillis · Rudy Sarzo · Tommy Aldridge · Carmine Appice · Jimmy DeGrasso · Fred Coury · Jake E. Lee · Phil Soussan · Randy Castillo · Robert Trujillo

Controllo di autorità	VIAF (EN) 85721927 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0001 1450 7142 · Europeana agent/base/67778 · LCCN (EN) n85072601 · GND (DE) 13431185X · BNF (FR) cb141485617 (data) · J9U (EN, HE) 987007420499505171 · NSK (HR) 000068046 · CONOR.SI (SL) 249922659 · WorldCat Identities (EN) lccn-n85072601