Vinnie Zummo

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Vinnie Zummo is a New York City session guitarist. He has also worked as a producer, writer, arranger, and sound designer. Zummo worked with Joe Jackson for seven years. He played on six Jackson albums and three world tours. He has also worked with various other popular artists. [1]

Zummo was heard on the 1984 song "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" on Jackson’s album Body and Soul . The song reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.

Zummo has been a featured guitar soloist on numerous albums, including Art Garfunkel ( Up 'til Now ), Shawn Colvin ( Fat City ), Roger Daltrey ( Rocks in the Head ), Paul Carrack ( Groove Approved ), Marti Jones (Birthday Suit), Dee Carstensen (Regarding The Soul), Nenad Bach (Greatest Hits), Dawn Avery (True), Jamie de Roy (The Child In Me Vol. 1 & 2), Danny Wilensky (And Then Some), and Leslie Nuss (Action Hero Superstar) as well as the self produced Modern Marriage by The Zummos on A&M Records.

His work has been featured in the TV show "Ray Donovan", and movies such as Iron Man 3 , The Weather Man , and Must Love Dogs [2] and has been featured in many rock and jazz magazines. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Zummo has eight solo albums available: Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America Volumes 1, 2 and 3, Retro Cool Bossa Nova Christmas Volumes 1 and 2, Retro Cool Mixed Bag Christmas, The Coyote, and Jazz Album. All About Jazz said about The Coyote: "It's a remarkable sound, and it elevates the proceedings into a different class from the average bebop guitar album." [7]

Zummo has created custom hip-hop drum loops, and plays accordion and chromatic harmonica. He is a longtime resident of New York [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Vinnie Zummo". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Vinnie Zummo – Powerpopholic". Powerpopholic. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Q&A – Vinnie Zummo". www.steinbergerworld.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. ↑ "TAXI Member Profiles: Vinnie Zummo". www.taxi.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  6. ↑ "Vinnie Zummo | DiMarzio". www.dimarzio.com. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  7. ↑ Jazz, All About. "Vinnie Zummo: The Coyote". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  8. ↑ "Vinnie Zummo talks jazz, reviving the Zummos and Joe Jackson" . Retrieved 2020-05-08.
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