Who is Jimmy Z?<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a reason legendary blues Diva Etta James calls Jimmy Z her \u201cHootchie Cootchie Man\u201d and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics calls him \u201cthe best harmonica player in the world.\u201d Jimmy attracts attention. He caught the attention of Rod Stewart, Tom Petty, the Eurythmics, Jaguares \u2013 all of whom he recorded and toured with. He also caught the attention of Dr. Dre, Eric Burdon, Carol King, Barry White, Ziggy Marley, Yes, Bon Jovi, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Slash\u2019s Snakepit, Macy Gray, John Mayer, Pink, Gladys Knight, Les McCann and countless others who sought out Jimmy Z\u2019s blazing harmonica and soulful saxophone to spice up their recordings.<\/p>\n
Jimmy recently toured Sweden with Swedish bluesman Slidin\u2019 Slim<\/a>. Besides playing in traditional venues, Slim also arranged for Jimmy to teach & perform at two music clinics. Here is a\u00a0 video of the clinic on October 25th at the Music B\u00f6rsen<\/a> store in Link\u00f6ping. They were shot by Dave Maakestad<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is a video of Jimmy Z discussing recording with the Eurythmics and Rod Stewart and why they were the best. The worst: Gene Simmons on Kiss session. Not really all that bad\u2026 just funny.<\/p>\n Jump to the 2:30 mark for the discussion about Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Bob Ezrin.<\/p>\n