Jamii Szmadzinski
Introduction


**Jamii Szmadzinski** is an American [electric violinist](/wiki/Electric_violin "Electric violin") who was a member of the band [Shadowfax](/wiki/Shadowfax_%28band%29 "Shadowfax (band)") and [Human Drama](/wiki/Human_Drama "Human Drama").

Szmadzinski was born in [Michigan](/wiki/Michigan "Michigan"), United States, and at the age of 14 earned a scholarship to [Interlochen Arts Academy](/wiki/Interlochen_Arts_Academy "Interlochen Arts Academy"), He went on to [Boston Conservatory](/wiki/Boston_Conservatory "Boston Conservatory") for composition and performance studies. He also attended [Berklee College of Music](/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music "Berklee College of Music") in [Boston](/wiki/Boston "Boston") and Film scoring studies at [UCLA](/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles "University of California, Los Angeles").

Szmadzinski has produced, composed, arranged and performed for several feature films *[Kickboxer](/wiki/Kickboxer_%28film%29 "Kickboxer (film)")*, *[Street Justice](/wiki/Street_Justice "Street Justice")*, *[Bloodsport](/wiki/Bloodsport_%28film%29 "Bloodsport (film)")*, *[Country](/wiki/Country_%28film%29 "Country (film)")*, *[Tender Mercies](/wiki/Tender_Mercies "Tender Mercies")*, *The Stray*; was concert master for *Solo* (new AFI film); and a number of television movie credits which include *The Mae West Story*, *Beauty \& The Beast*, *Coweta County* and others as a featured soloist. He was Associate Music Producer of the award\-winning series *Portrait of America*. Music Producer for Digital Domain in Asia and Record Producer for the legendary Chinese Rock Band "Black Panther.[Apple's](/wiki/Apple_Inc. "Apple Inc.") initial ad campaign was co\-composed and performed by Szmadzinski. Other commercial projects include [American Express](/wiki/American_Express "American Express"), [3M](/wiki/3M "3M") products, [Pizza Hut](/wiki/Pizza_Hut "Pizza Hut"), [AT\&T](/wiki/AT%26T "AT&T") and Holiday Health Spas with [Cher](/wiki/Cher "Cher").


What are some notable musical collaborations that Jamii Szmadzinski has been a part of?