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| Jim Zimmerman (2009) | |
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| After graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory, drummer and percussionist Jim Zimmerman spent years constantly playing jazz, doing recording sessions and show work. He joined the staff at the Circle Star Theater, where he performed with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett to The Temptations, The Spinners and The Jackson Five. Thereafter, he was with the Vince Guaraldi Trio, with whom he recorded some of the "Charlie Brown" specials.
In 1982, Jim joined Cleo Laine, touring regularly and appearing the following year on "Cleo at Carnegie Hall", in recognition for which concert she was awarded a Grammy. Beginning in the early '90s, he toured for over a decade with Diane Schuur. Jim has performed and recorded with, among others, Toots Thielemans, Art Pepper, Blue Mitchell, Joe Williams, Gerry Mulligan. He is the author of not only the course “Sight Reading Rhythm” but of numerous jazz compositons. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Miles Davis | Steamin' | Diane | (Prestige) |
| # 2 | Tony Williams | Young at Heart | How My Heart Sings | (Columbia) |
| # 3 | David Friedman | Of the Wind's Eye (LP) | Four in One | (ENJA) |
| # 4 | Ivan Lins | Somos Todos Iguais Nesta Noite | Aparecide | (EMI) |
| # 5 | Clare Fischer | Machaca (LP) | Clavo | (Discovery) |
| # 6 | David Linx and Diederik Wissels | Close Up | What Goes Around, Comes Around | (Label Bleu) |
| # 7 | Mark Copland | Softly | Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise | (Savoy) |
| # 8 | David Linx and Diederik Wissels | Close Up | Sojourner | (Label Bleu) |
| Book | Robertson Davies, "The Deptford Trilogy" | |||
| Luxury Item | "My Le Creuset dutch oven" | |||
| Gilad Atzmon
12 Jun Carolyn Brandy 19 Jun Stuart Brinin 16 Oct Ralph Carney 04 Sep India Cooke 20 Feb Ronald Davis 23 Oct Mark Feldman 27 Mar Herb Gibson 06 Mar Nancy Gilliland 29 May | Jon Hendricks
16 Jan Laurence Hobgood 10 Jul Bill Horvitz 13 Nov Nat Johnson 01 May Tom Madden 13 Mar Charlie McCarthy 06 Nov Don Neely 25 Sep Nathan Oliveira 28 Aug Ed Reed 24 Jul | Walter Savage
14 Aug Adam Theis 21 Aug Mads Tolling 17 Apr Hristo Vitchev 22 May Paul van Wageningen 10 Apr Nancy Wright 20 Nov Jim Zimmerman 06 Feb |