JIMMY VIVINO serves as the Music Director on the TBS late night show CONAN. Vivino has been a consistent element in O’Brien’s late night career, starting with the first episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien in September 1993. In June of 2008 Vivino moved from New York to Los Angeles and worked as Music Director/guitarist/arranger on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,The Legally Prohibited from Being on Television Tour and Jimmy Vivino and The Basic Cable Band on CONAN. When not appearing weeknights on TBS, Vivino divides his time between recording sessions and live gigs throughout the country. In addition to his solo work, Vivino plays with The Prisoners of 2nd Avenue, Rumble & Twang with Lee Rocker, The Barn Burners, The Rekooperators, and the successful Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux. Vivino has also recorded and played live with such legends as Johnnie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm and Al Kooper. Earlier in his career Jimmy got his start producing playing and arranging for such artists as Phoebe Snow, Laura Nyro, John Sebastian and Donald Fagen. Summer 2014, Jimmy headlined the King Biscuit Festival with his other band, Jimmy Vivino & the Black Italians.
A musician all his life, Jimmy also devotes his time to organizations that mean something to him. The Notes for Notes benefit, sponsored by Seymour Duncan pickups provides young people the opportunity to explore, create, and record music for free. Recently, Jimmy has also gotten involved with The Boot Campaign, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to cultivating awareness, promoting patriotism and providing assistance to military personnel and their families.
I took Jimmy's Blues House course and I have to say that it's awesome. I learned a lot and it's really all about learning the blues language. We as guitarists sometimes neglect getting too deep into blues education because we convince ourselves we can just push through with our pentatonic knowledge but this course will help you sound authentic and intentional about the blues not just a scale runner. I loved it and truly recommend every intermediate checks it out.
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Bob S.
09/08/21
When something finally clicks....
This is the course that I've been looking for , that I didn't know I needed. A great mix of stuff that I should already know( but don't) and stuff I do know , but not how to apply it correctly. There's a shed load that I am learnign from this course.
Thainks Jimmy!
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barzo
08/28/21
Required Foundations
Getting grounded in R&B and solid blues is s lifelong pursuit. Blues House by Jimmy Vivino is chock full of the idioms and language of this most revered artform. He demonstrates the rungs of the ladder where we can all infuse into our understanding of where it all comes from. This generous offering he has provided cites the icons from our beloved music. Hats off to Jimmy.
