- Jimmy Vivino
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Name = Jimmy Vivino
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Occupation =Musician Jimmy Vivino (born
January 10 ,1955 ) was born inPaterson, New Jersey and is a member ofThe Max Weinberg 7 , a house band on the television show "Late Night with Conan O'Brien " onNBC . He is the younger brother of longtime New Jersey TV HostFloyd Vivino AKAUncle Floyd & and The Max Weinberg 7 band mateJerry Vivino .Biography
Jimmy Vivino spent his early years in
Point Pleasant, New Jersey with his parents Jerry and Emily and brothers Jerry Jr. and Floyd. At the age of five years old Jimmy took up the trumpet, which his father also played. Jimmy liked playing the trumpet and was very talented at it. By the age of 10, his family moved toGlen Rock, New Jersey . At age 13 he was forming bands and playing high school dances. At 15 he began to play the guitar. In 1970 Jimmy became fascinated with Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. This was time that Jimmy began to play keyboards.In the mid to late 1970s, Jimmy was putting together his own bands and doing studio work. Around 1980 Jimmy expressed interest in moving to NYC. By then Jimmy was in demand as a studio musician. In 1984 he directed an Off-Broadway show called "Leader of the Pack" where he met
Paul Shaffer . Three months later the show got picked up by Broadway producers. Jimmy met his future wife, Geneva at the show; She was the assistant to the choreographer. The show closed after several months on Broadway.Jimmy now started playing with
Darlene Love ,Ronnie Spector , Dion and many other artists. He and Paul Shaffer would play a few times a week at local NYC clubs. Jimmy began performing with Al Kooper and metJohn Sebastian . John had a TV show called "DejaVu", and Jimmy became the leader of the house band. Jimmy started to do high profile work including Hollywood movies as "Sister Act", "Sister Act 2", "The First Wives Club", "Heart & Soul", "Night In The City" and "George of the Jungle". Jimmy was the musical director for "Sister Act."In 1993 Conan O'Brien asked Max Weinberg to audition for his new show "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." Max went home and called Jimmy, and they quickly put the band together.
Jimmy Vivino Bands
* Frankie and the G Strings
* The Vivino Brothers
* The J-Band
* The Black Italians
* the Jimmy Vivino Band
* Jimmy Vivino and the Rekooperators
*The Fab Faux
* Prisoners of 2nd Avenue
* TheLevon Helm BandPartial Discography
* Mule-A-Go-Go - New Years Eve 2005-2006 (special guest) (2006)
* Alone Together (2005)
* Steaks & Chops: Live at Great Jones, Volume 1 (Guitar) (2005)
* Blues In The Blood (Guitar) (2003)
* Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002 (Guitar) (2003)
* Remedy (Vocals) (2002)
* Different Shade Of Red: The Woodstock Sessions (Organ, Guitar, Mandolin, Director, Producer, Horn Arrangement) (2002)
* Crazy Kind Of Life (Organ, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer) (2002)
* Respond, Volume II (Guitar) (2002)
* Live at Manny's Car Wash (Guitar) (2001)
* Rare & Well Done: The Greatest And The Most Obscure Recordings (2001)
* No Small Wonder (Electric Guitar) (2001)
* Fire It Up - Bill Perry (2001) (Vivino co-produced and guested on instruments)Filmography
Crew
*Messengers (2004) (music producer)
*Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (2003) (TV) (co-musical director) (music arranger) (musician: house band)
*The First Wives Club (1996) (orchestrator)
*Stuart Saves His Family (1995) (additional orchestrator)
*Boys on the Side (1995) (production music producer)
*Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) (assistant music supervisor)
*"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) TV Series (assistant musical director)
*Sister Act (1992) (music coordinator) (orchestrator: score)
*Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll (1988) (TV) (musical director)Composer
*50 Years of NBC Late Night (2001)
Himself
*"Late Night with Conan O'Brien"
*"Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special" (2003)
*"Comic Relief VIII" (1998)
*"Deja View" The Cinemax Session With James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett
*"Legendary Ladies of Rock and Roll"
*"The Uncle Floyd Show" ("Uncle" Floyd Vivino) is Jimmy's older brother)See also
*
The Max Weinberg 7
*Late Night with Conan O'Brien External links
* [http://www.jimmyvivino.com jimmyvivino.com]
* [http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/about/bio_max_weinberg_seven.shtml The Max Weinberg 7] - bio on NBC.com
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0900375/ IMDb entry]
* [http://www.jimmyvivino.com/jdiscs.html discography] at jimmyvivino.com
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