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Nir Zidkyahu
Born
November 1967 (age 56) Rishon LeZion, Israel
Genres
Rock
Occupation(s)
Drummer
Instrument(s)
Drums
Years active
1980s–present
Musical artist
Nir Zidkyahu (Hebrew: ניר צדקיהו, [ˈniʁt͡sidˈkija(h)u], born November 1967), also known as Nir Z, is an Israeli studio-session drummer, and the brother of Blackfield's drummer Tomer Z. He joined in spring 1997 with Genesis, he played in eight tracks for their last album Calling All Stations and then became available for their 1997-1998 tour.
In 2000, he drummed on John Mayer's breakthrough album, Room for Squares. Since then, he has played drums and percussion for various artists including Jason Mraz, Joss Stone, Ray Wilson and Alana Davis. In 2003, he recorded with Flaw on their Endangered Species record and with Chris Cornell on his second solo album, Carry On, released 2007. Zidkyahu played on several songs of the comeback album, Skyscraper, for former Journey singer Steve Augeri's original band Tall Stories, released January 23, 2009. In 2009, Zidkyahu went on tour drumming for Billy Squier.
Zidkyahu was hired by Toontrack to record the drum samples for their virtual drummer programs Superior Drummer 2.0,[1] New York Studios Vol.2 SDX,[2] and New York Studios Vol.3 SDX.[3]
^"Superior Drummer 2.0 | Toontrack". www.toontrack.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
^"New York Studios Vol.2 SDX | Toontrack". www.toontrack.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
^"New York Studios Vol.3 SDX | Toontrack". www.toontrack.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
Nir Zidkyahu (Hebrew: ניר צדקיהו, [ˈniʁ t͡sidˈkija(h)u], born November 1967), also known as NirZ, is an Israeli studio-session drummer, and the brother...
launched a nationwide summer/fall tour with a band that included drummer NirZ, guitarist Marc Copely, long-time bassist Mark Clarke, and keyboard player...
album, "On My Own Two Feet", was produced by Mike Shimshack, and features NirZ (John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Genesis) on drums. It received generally positive...
Derek Wells and Ilya Toshinsky on guitar, Jimmie Lee Sloas on bass guitar, NirZ on drums, and Alex Wright on keyboards. Vocalist Trey Keller also contributes...
definitive realizations of the compositions. Drummer on the project is NirZ. Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds, and LeRoi Moore appear again, along with Steve...
1997). ""Another Chiddingfold Afternoon" - Ray Wilson, Mike Rutherford and NirZ talk about the new Genesis album and about their forthcoming tour". The...
track 8; percussion on track 11 David LaBruyere – bass guitar on all tracks NirZ – drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14, loops on tracks...
York Studio Legacy Series”, was recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and NirZ at The Hit Factory and Avatar Studios in New York City and Allaire Studios...
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