Tommy Z

Tommy Z
Born	Hamburg, New York, United States
Genres	Electric blues
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, audio engineer
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, percussion
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	Various
Website	Official website

Tommy Z is an American electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer, who has released three albums to date. He has been described as a "blues treasure" by Jim Santella (WBFO), and as "one of WNY's best kept secrets" by Sarah French of Blues Matters! magazine. In 2007, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.

His 2016 album, Blizzard of Blues, debuted at number 8 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart.

Born in Hamburg, New York, United States, the son of a Vietnam-era veteran, he has been honored with a number of awards including the Top Blues Vocalist in Western New York (2003, 2004 and 2006), and Top Blues Guitarist (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, and 2006). His group, known simply as the Tommy Z Band, has won the Top Blues/Crossover Blues Band category (1994, 2005 and 2006). Tommy Z also got the Muddy Waters Award for "Artist of the Year", granted by the Blues Society of WNY in 2004. In 2007, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. He once toured backing Pinetop Perkins. Tommy Z has also traveled regularly to various war torn areas since 2003, to entertain American troops overseas. He is based in Buffalo, New York.

In 2005, Tommy Z and his band released their debut album, Universal Love, on South Blossom Records. It was produced by Nick Blagona.

In 2006, Tommy Z played rhythm guitar on Ian Gillan's album, Gillan's Inn, on the remake of the track "When a Blind Man Cries," which also featured work by Jeff Healey and Jon Lord. In the same year, Tommy Z contributed to Michael Lee Jackson's album In a Heartbeat, which was recorded at the Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Tommy Z performed at Thursday at the Square in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2011.

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