Happy Birthday Jimmy Herring | Jazz Is Dead Videos
By Scott Bernstein Jan 22, 2015 • 7:25 am PST

While we love Jimmy’s work with all the aforementioned bands, we wanted to take this opportunity to share some videos from his time in Jazz Is Dead. Herring was an original member of the Grateful Dead tribute act along with Billy Cobham, T Lavitz and Alphonso Johnson. Jazz Is Dead reinterpreted songs from the Grateful Dead songbook in an extremely inventive way. We found a handful of videos from the late ’90s showing just how amazing this instrumental band was. Let’s check ’em out: