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 1979 – Cozy Powell – Over the Top 1980 – Michael Schenker – 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 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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