Jimi Tunnell is an American jazz musician and guitarist/vocalist originally from Denton, Texas

Denton, Texas

The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...

. Although Tunnell is known for his work with the guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, his career began as a jazz trumpet player. In his time as a diverse professional musician, Tunnell has worked with acts such as Yukihiro Takahashi

Yukihiro Takahashi

Yukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...

, Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...

, Steps Ahead

Steps Ahead

Steps Ahead is a jazz fusion group and the brainchild of vibraphonist Mike Mainieri. According to the liner notes of the group's 1983 debut album , entitled Steps Ahead, "Steps began as a part-time venture in 1979 at Seventh Avenue South, a New York City nightclub." The group began releasing...

 and Member's Only

Members Only (band)

Members Only was a jazz-funk project under the guidance of Chris Hills, also featuring Nelson Rangell on sax, flute & piccolo, Michael Brecker on tenor sax, Lew Soloff on trumpet, Andy Marvel on keyboards, Chris Hills on drums, keyboards, guitar & vocals, Jimi Tunnell and Billy Masters on guitar,...

. Tunnell's most recent incarnation of his own band, Trilateral Commission, includes percussionist and Weather Report veteran, Jose Rossy. He is currently in production on a solo album titled "Exodus".