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David Vito Gregoli | |
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| Born | October 20, 1959 Encino, California, U.S. |
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David Vito Gregoli is an American composer, music producer, and multi instrumentalist who plays in multiple genres and styles including New Age, jazz, classical music, and rock music. He was first introduced to music via pop music, rock music, and blues, starting as a very young guitarist in Los Angeles. He later studied classical music and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from California State University at Northridge (CSUN) in 1982.
His spiritual studies led him to the New Age and World Music scenes. He was introduced to Meditation at the age of 13, and later Yoga. This in turn exposed him to global music and world instruments, from sitar to charango. His interests in the healing power of music and his classical background blended with experiments in New Age music, resulting in his first commercial release, Yoga Heart Healing:[1] in 2006.
He has collaborated with a range of artists, including Ricky Kej, Constance Demby, Jai Uttal, Deepak Chopra, Steven Halpern and Donna De Lory, Daphne Ashbrook, Stephen Kent, Mala Ganguly, Kimberly Haynes, and others.
Vito and his band were featured on the ABC News highlighting his appearance at the LA Zoo’s "Music in the Zoo" night on 7/24/09[2].
In 2010 and 2014 Vito produced albums for actor/singer Daphne Ashbrook, Grace Notes and All Good Dreamers[3].
In 2012 Vito released Primordial Sonics featuring didjeridu master Stephen Kent, an album described as "Ambient Aboriginal Groove Fusion - Indian, Australian, and Middle Eastern sounds infused with modern rhythms."[4]
In 2015 he released the album Om Land, which included a collaboration with Indian composer and producer Ricky Kej, which melded fingerstyle guitar with Indian influenced ambient music.[5]
David Vito Gregoli's collaborative release with Mala Ganguly, Mahadeva, was nominated for The Hollywood Music In Media Awards® (HMMA) in the World music genre in 2015[6].
In 2015 Vito toured China with renown spiritual singer Miao as a multi instrumentalist, playing guitars, mandolin, tongue drum, keyboard, flute and sitar.[7]
Beginning in 2016 Vito has been producing and performing with singer songwriter Kimberly Haynes, who has released two albums, two EPs, multiple singles and has won multiple awards for her music[8].
In 2019 he appeared along side Kimberly Haynes on KPFK’s Experience Talks radio show[9].
Also in 2019 Vito composed and produced music for Juliet Lyons' album The Light Within.[10]
In 2020 Vito produced albums nominated in four categories for the Fourth Annual Peace Song Awards[11]
- New Age: Merrill Collins (featuring David Vito Gregoli and Kimberly Haynes) - Om Mani Padme Hum
- Country: Mary Gospe - I Choose Love
- Jazz: Prem Vidu - Everything That Is Here
- World: Prem Vidu -Your Love Heals Me
One of Vito's most ambitious projects has been to bring the sacred text Bhagavad Gita to life as an album, Song Divine: The Bhagavad Gita Rock Opera[12]. Beginning in 2020 he collaborated with writer Lissa Coffey, working from her book Song Divine, a translation to English of the Bhagavad Gita as verse and rhyme as it was originally intended[13]. The album featured Indian superstar Sonu Nigam and was released in October of 2021 with positive reviews[14][15].
Vito has released multiple projects with three time GRAMMY™ winner and environmentalist Ricky Kej. Wild Monsoon was published in June 2022[16]. Ricky and Vito also collaborated on Vito’s “Om Land”[17] album.
Discography[edit]
Albums and Singles Released by David Vito Gregoli
- Yoga Heart Healing (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, August 11, 2006)
- Yoga Heart Healing - digital (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, July 12, 2007)
- Organic Nylon (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, September 19, 2007)
- New World Jazz Order (Artist: Dharma Buds, May 12, 2008)
- Prana - Healing Tones for Life (Artist: Mala Ganguly and David Vito Gregoli, January 1, 2009)
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, December 1, 2010)
- Joy to the World (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, December 1, 2010)
- All You Need Is Love/Your Move (Artist: David Vito Gregoli with Daphne Ashbrook, January 11, 2011)
- Primordial Sonics (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, September 12, 2012)
- Mahadeva (Artist: Mala Ganguly & David Vito Gregoli, February 14, 2014)
- Yoga Heart Healing - Single Shots (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, January 15, 2015)
- Om Land (single) (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, February 1, 2015)
- Om Land (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, September 11, 2015)
- Om Land (Digital) (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, September 11, 2015)
- Om Land The Shortcuts (Digital) (Artist: David Vito Gregoli, April 22, 2016)
- In Silence (Artist: Richard Wells and David Vito Gregoli, June 7, 2021)
- Know Who You Are (Artist: Lissa Coffey and David Vito Gregoli, September 10, 2021)
- Song Divine (Artist: Lissa Coffey and David Vito Gregoli, October 13, 2021)
- Wild Monsoon (Artist: David Vito Gregoli and Ricky Kej, June 13, 2022)
- Arise Arjuna (Todd Boston Remix) (Artist: Lissa Coffey and David Vito Gregoli, August 8, 2023)
- All About The Time We Take (Holiday Song) (Artist: Lissa Coffey and David Vito Gregoli, November 1, 2023)
Albums Produced by David Vito Gregoli for other artists
- Tara Mantras (Artist: Jamyang Sakya, January 1, 2000)
- Daughter of Love (Artist: Cherie Deeds, January 2, 2002)
- Winter, Snow & Strings (Artist: The Morgan Sisters, January 1, 2004)
- Bhajan Beats (Artist: Mala Ganguly, January 1, 2009)
- Grace Notes (Artist: Daphne Ashbrook, December 6, 2010)
- All Good Dreamers (Artist: Daphne Ashbrook, November 23, 2014)
- Heart and Spirit (Artist: Tim Jordan Kirtan, December 6, 2014)
- Awaken Me (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, August 19, 2016)
- You’re the One EP (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, June 28, 2017)
- In Dreams (digital) (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, June 15, 2018)
- In Dreams (physical) (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, June 15, 2018)
- Winter Solstice (Artist: Mary Gospe, December 7, 2018)
- Time to Soar (Artist: Mary Gospe, October 30, 2019)
- Holiday Trilogy EP (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, November 11, 2019)
- Encounter (Artist: Prem Vidu, May 11, 2020)
- Violin Duos from 18th and 19th Centuries (Artist: The Morgan Sisters, June 25, 2021)
- More (Artist: Erich Harrington, October 13, 2023)
Singles Produced by David Vito Gregoli for other artists
- Light of My Soul (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, December 13, 2015)
- Awaken Me (single) (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, March 21, 2016)
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, December 13, 2016)
- Lokah Samasta (Artist: Nichol Joy Chase, December 17, 2017)
- Pinta (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, April 22, 2018)
- Unity (Artist: Mary Gospe, July 30, 2019)
- Time to Soar (single) (Artist: Mary Gospe, August 6, 2019)
- O Holy Night (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, November 11, 2019)
- In The Garden (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, June 7, 2020)
- Narrow Bridge (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, June 21, 2020)
- Brother's Keeper (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, September 21, 2020)
- Grant Us Peace (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, December 21, 2020)
- Freedom's Children (Artist: Kimberly Haynes, January 20, 2021)
- Live in Love and Be (Artist: Louise Davidson, December 1, 2021)
- The Sweetest Thing (Artist: David Vito Gregoli (Remix) Artist: Mariel, September 7, 2023)
- ^ "Yoga Heart Healing - David Vito Gregoli | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "David Vito Gregoli & the Beagles: Music in the LAZoo 7/24/09 on NBC News.mov". YouTube. 25 April 2010.
- ^ http://www.daphneashbrook.com/music/
- ^ "Primordial Sonics by David Vito Gregoli - Album Review".
- ^ "Om Land by David Vito Gregoli". 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Mahadeva Gets the Nomination!". 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Song Divine Music".
- ^ https://www.musicmedicinewoman.com/music/
- ^ https://experiencetalks.org/shows/2-17-19-kimberly-haynes-david-vito-gregoli/
- ^ "The Light within by Juliet Lyons - Album Review".
- ^ "The Peace Song Awards Announces Finalists in its 4th Annual Search for Music, Spoken Word, and Videos Promoting Peace". 9 August 2020.
- ^ Coffey, Lissa (30 October 2017). Song Divine: A New Lyrical Rendition of the Bhagavad Gita. Bamboo Entertainment, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1883212315.
- ^ "Song Divine Music".
- ^ "Song Divine: The Bhagavad Gita Rock Opera by Lissa Coffey and David Vito Gregoli - Album Review".
- ^ "Lissa Coffey and David Vito Gregoli | Song Divine". 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Wild Monsoon by David Vito Gregoli & Ricky Kej on Apple Music".
- ^ "Om Land #1 (Feat. Ricky Kej)". Spotify.