Most music fans know Danny Carey as the drummer of Tool. He is one of my personal favorites. He usually plays all sorts of odd-timed beats and fills, in Tool, while at the same time putting a lot of power and emotion into his playing. I’ve also seen him around LA hanging out, (sometimes with the other members of Tool) at shows in the Silverlake/Echo Park area. He seems like a really humble and down to earth guy.

So it is no surprise that once I found out he had another band he’d been playing in recently I wanted to check it out. That band is called Volto! They’re kind of a jazz band. Basically, they play original jazzy-type songs, but still feature Carey’s powerful drumming, they also do some covers. I’m not entirely sure what covers they do, besides “21st Century Schizoid Man” by King Crimson (I saw that one on youtube).

Carey I believe, (from the looks of it),  is still playing the same drum kit he plays in Tool, minus his electronic drum pads. The band as far as I know, only plays around Los Angeles, so I plan on checking them out at the La Vee Lee jazz club here in LA on the 16th of this month. I will definitely post about that show here.  Looking forward to it…