Jimmy Hewitt

Jimmy is a multi-faceted performer, studio and session guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, band leader, Musical Director, producer and arranger originally hailing from Long Beach, California.

​A veteran of over 500 recording sessions, Jimmy's Live and session credits include Patti LaBelle, Bobby Bland, Thelma Houston, The Coasters, The Box Tops, Brenton Wood, Ellis Hall, Gerald Allbright, Barbara Morrison, Big Joe Houston, Guitar Shorty, Little Caesar and the Romans, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Tower of Power Horns and Oleta Adams.

​Jimmy has a Masters in Music from California State University at Long Beach and has studied with industry luminaries in various disciplines in the field of music:

• ​Studied guitar in private lesson sessions with Laurindo Almeida, John Collins, Ted Greene, Pat Martino and Joe Diorio
• Studied Music Theory and Arranging with Mac McKernan, Conducting with Joseph Valenti and Improvisation with Charlie Shoemaker and Sonny Fortune

​Jimmy's exciting and fluid playing dynamics range from Brazilian to country to Jazz and rock with colorful flourishes of all these styles informing his mesmerizing live performances. Jimmy is pictured with his Timberline® T90Ac solid Silkwood Auditorium cutaway with L.R. Baggs AnthemSL electronics.