Don Airey

**Donald Smith "Don" Airey** (* 21. júna 1948, Sunderland, Spojené kráľovstvo) je britský hráč na klávesové nástroje, ktorý od roku 2002 hrá v hardrockovej skupine  Deep Purple, kde nahradil Jona Lorda.

Don Airey sa na hudobnej scéne pohybuje a tvorí už mnoho rokov. Spolupracoval s hudobníkmi ako Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow, Divlje jagode a Living Loud, spolupracoval tiež s Andrew Lloyd Webberom.

Na klavír začal hrať ako sedemročný. Vyštudoval univerzitu v Nottinghame a v roku 1974 sa presunul do Londýna, kde sa pripojil k skupine Cozy Powella – Hammer.

## Diskografia
* 1974 – Cozy Powell – „Na Na Na“ (singel)
* 1976 – Babe Ruth – *Kid's Stuff*
* 1976 – Colosseum II – *[[Strange New Flesh]]*
* 1977 – Colosseum II – *[[Electric Savage]]*
* 1977 – Colosseum II – *[[War Dance]]*
* 1977 – Andrew Lloyd Webber – Variations
* 1978 – Jim Rafferty – *Don't Talk Back*
* 1978 – Strife – *Back to Thunder*
* 1978 – Black Sabbath – *[[Never Say Die!]]*
* 1979 – Gary Moore – *[[Back on the Streets]]*
* 1979 – Rainbow – *[[Down to Earth (album)|Down to Earth]]*
* 1979 – Cozy Powell – *[[Over the Top]]*
* 1980 – Michael Schenker – *[[The Michael Schenker Group (album)|The Michael Schenker Group]]*
* 1980 – Bernie Marsden – *And About Time Too*
* 1981 – Ozzy Osbourne – *[[Blizzard of Ozz]]*
* 1981 – Cozy Powell – *Tilt*
* 1981 – Rainbow – *[[Difficult to Cure]]*
* 1981 – Rainbow – *Final Vinyl* (Kompilácia – 1986)
* 1982 – Gary Moore – *[[Corridors of Power]]*
* 1982 – Gary Moore – *Rockin' Every Night*
* 1983 – Ozzy Osbourne – *[[Bark at the Moon]]*
* 1984 – Gary Moore – *[[Dirty Fingers]]*
* 1985 – Alaska – *The Pack*
* 1985 – Phenomena – *Phenomena*
* 1985 – Gary Moore – *[[Run For Cover]]*
* 1986 – Zeno – *Zeno*
* 1987 – Thin Lizzy – *Soldier of Fortune* (compilation)
* 1987 – Whitesnake – *[[Whitesnake (album)|Whitesnake]]*
* 1987 – Wild Strawberries – *Wild Strawberries*
* 1988 – Fastway – *Bad Bad Girls*
* 1988 – Jethro Tull – *[[20 Years of Jethro Tull]]*
* 1989 – Don Airey – *K2*
* 1989 – Gary Moore – *[[After the War]]*
* 1989 – Whitesnake – *[[Slip of the Tongue]]*
* 1990 – Perfect Crime – *Blond on Blonde*
* 1990 – Jagged Edge – *You Don't Love Me*
* 1990 – Judas Priest – *[[Painkiller]]*
* 1990 – Forcefield – *IV – Let the Wild Run Free*
* 1990 – Tigertailz – "Love Bomb Baby"
* 1992 – Cozy Powell – *Let the Wild Run Free*
* 1992 – UFO – *High Stakes and Dangerous Men*
* 1992 – Anthem – *Domestic Booty*
* 1992 – Kaizoku – *Kaizoku*
* 1993 – Brian May – *[[Back to the Light]]*
* 1994 – Graham Bonnet – *Here Comes the Night*
* 1994 – The Kick – *Tough Trip Thru Paradise*
* 1994 – Gary Moore – *[[Still Got the Blues]]*
* 1994 – Katrina and the Waves – *Turnaround*
* 1997 – Quatarmass II – *Long Road*
* 1997 – Glen Tipton – *Baptizm of Fire*
* 1998 – Colin Blunstone – *The Light*
* 1998 – Crossbones – *Crossbones*
* 1998 – The Cage – *The Cage*
* 1998 – Olaf Lenk – *Sunset Cruise*
* 1998 – Eddie Hardin – *Wind in the Willows (live)*
* 1998 – The Snakes – *Live in Europe*
* 1999 – Millennium – *Millennium*
* 2000 – Micky Moody – *I Eat Them for Breakfast*
* 2000 – Silver – *Silver*
* 2000 – Uli Jon Roth – *[[Transcendental Sky Guitar]]*
* 2000 – Olaf Lenk's F.O.O.D. – *Fun Stuff*
* 2000 – Ten – *Babylon AD*
* 2000 – Company of Snakes – *Burst The Bubble*
* 2001 – Mario Fasciano – *E–Thnic*
* 2001 – Judas Priest – *[[Demolition]]*
* 2001 – Silver – *Dream Machines*
* 2001 – Rolf Munkes' Empire – *Hypnotica*
* 2001 – Company of Snakes – *Here They Go Again*
* 2002 – Metalium – *Hero Nation Chapter Three*
* 2002 – Bernie Marsden – *Big Boy Blue*
* 2002 – Bruce Dickinson – *[[Tattooed Millionaire]]*
* 2002 – Rolf Munkes' Empire – *Trading Souls*
* 2003 – Deep Purple – *[[Bananas]]*
* 2003 – Living Loud – *Living Loud*
* 2003 – Silver – *Intruder*
* 2005 – Deep Purple – *[[Rapture of the Deep]]*
* 2006 – Gary Moore – *[[Old New Ballads Blues]]*
* 2008 – Don Airey – *Light In The Sky*
* 2008 – Judas Priest – *Nostradamus*
* 2011 – Saxon – *Call to Arms*
* 2011 – Wishbone Ash – *Elegant Stealth*
* 2011 – Don Airey – *All Out*
* 2013 – Deep Purple – *[[Now What?!]]*

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