Rami Jaffee

American musician

Rami Jaffee (born March 11, 1969) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Foo Fighters, whom he initially joined in a touring and session capacity in 2005. Jaffee has contributed to seven of the band's studio albums, and in 2017 formally joined the band as a full time member. Prior to joining Foo Fighters, Jaffee was a member of The Wallflowers from 1990 to 2005, and again from 2012 to 2013. He has worked with many artists including Pete Yorn, Stone Sour, Joseph Arthur and Coheed and Cambria.

Jaffee was born on March 11, 1969, to a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish father and a Moroccan Sephardic Jewish mother in Los Angeles. When he was 13, he purchased a keyboard and was soon playing with local bands. After graduating from Fairfax High School, he continued to play in various bands, and he took session work in recording studios.

Around 1989, Jakob Dylan and his friend Tobi Miller formed a group called the Apples, playing various clubs in the L. A. area. While waiting in line at Canter's Deli after 2:00 am, Jaffee heard the Apples wanted an organist and pianist, and he was told that Dylan and Miller were then in the Kibitz Room bar attached to Canter's. They met; Dylan and Miller played Jaffee some demo tapes in their car stereo, and Jaffee immediately joined the group. A few weeks later, they changed their name to the Wallflowers and signed with Virgin Records. In 1992, they released their first album, The Wallflowers. In 2005, Jaffee began collaborating with Foo Fighters. He was made an official member in 2017. Jaffee led the house band on The Fran Drescher Show and, as of 2010, co owned a recording studio called Fonogenic Studios in the San Fernando Valley. In 2012 and 2013, Jaffee was a member of the Sound City Players, a supergroup formed by Dave Grohl that, in addition to appearing in Grohl's 2013 documentary, Sound City, played a limited number of tour dates in 2013. The Sound City Players consisted of a rotating number of artists including Grohl, Jaffee, Stevie Nicks, Alain Johannes, Paul McCartney, Rick Springfield, Josh Homme, Trent Reznor, Krist Novoselic and more. In 2012, Jaffee returned to the Wallflowers, who were coming off a long hiatus.

Year Group Title Label Instrument 1992 The Wallflowers The Wallflowers Virgin Piano, Hammond Organ 1993 Darlene & Co Absence of Uniformity Sovereign – 1994 El Vez How Great Thou Art Sympathy for the Record Industry Hammond Organ Fun in Español Sympathy for the Record Industry Hammond Organ Victoria Williams Loose Atlantic Hammond Organ 1995 Edwin McCain Honor Among Thieves Lava/Atlantic Hammond Organ 1996 Tina & the B Side Movement Salvation Sire/Elektra Piano, Hammond Organ, Farfisa El Vez Never Been To Spain (Until Now) Munster Keyboards Phil Cody The Sons of Intemperance Offering Interscope Piano, Accordion, Hammond Organ, Mellotron The Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse Interscope Organ, Piano Chalk FarM Notwithstanding Columbia Accordion Leah Andreone Veiled RCA Organ The Hookers Calico RCA Piano, Accordion, Hammond Organ Rickie Lee Jones Music from Party of Five Reprise – 1997 The Wallflowers KCRW Rare on Air, Vol. 3 Mammoth Piano The Honeyrods The Honeyrods Capricorn Piano, Wurlitzer Everclear So Much for the Afterglow Capitol Vox Organ Uma Fare Well Refuge Piano, Hammond Organ, Vox Organ, Optigan Soul Asylum I Know What You Did Last Summer Sony Columbia – Andy If Road Trip CU– 1998 Richie Sambora Undiscovered Soul Mercury Accordion, Hammond Organ, Clapping, Optigan Agents of Good Roots One by One RCA Organ Esthero Breath From Another Sony/Works Optigan The Wallflowers Godzilla: The Album Epic/Sony– Scott Thomas Band California Elektra– Grant Lee Buffalo Jubilee Slash/Warner– 1999 Chlorine Primer Time Bomb/BMG Keyboards Matt Brown Morning After Medicine Show EMI Uncle Green, released 2011 Keyboards 2000 The Wallflowers (Breach) Interscope Keyboards 2002 Red Letter Days Interscope Keyboards 2005 Foo Fighters In Your Honor RCA Records/Roswell Keyboards The Wallflowers Rebel, Sweetheart Interscope Keyboards 2006 Willie Nile Streets of New York 00:02:59/Reincarnate Hammond Organ Foo Fighters Skin and Bones RCA Records Piano, Organ, Accordion, Keyboard Pete Yorn Westerns EP RED Ink/Columbia B 3 Organ, Production 2007 Mike Brown & the Fart Face Band American Hotel Oasis Entertainment Hammond Organ, Keyboard Coheed and Cambria Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow Columbia Records Synthesisers, Piano Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace RCA Records Accordion, Keyboard 2008 The Fallen Stars Where the road bends Kiss My Squirrel Records Hammond Organ, Keyboard, Accordion, Producer 2010 The Fallen Stars Heart Like Mine Kiss My Squirrel Records Hammond Organ, Keyboard, Accordion 2011 Foo Fighters Wasting Light RCA Records Keyboards, Organ, Mellotron 2012 The Wallflowers Glad All Over Columbia/Interscope Keyboards 2013 Joseph Arthur The Ballad of Boogie Christ Lonely Astronaut Records Organ Chuck Ragan Till Midnight SideOneDummy Keyboard, Glockenspiel, Accordion 2014 Gunash Same Old Nightmare Go Down Records Hammond Organ Foo Fighters Sonic Highways RCA Records Keyboards 2015 Foo Fighters Saint Cecilia (EP) RCA Records Keyboards 2016 Gunash SuperHeroes In Town (EP) Go Down Records Hammond Organ, Keyboards 2017 Gunash Great Expectations Go Down Records Hammond Organ, Keyboards, Artistic Producer Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold RCA Records Keyboards 2021 Medicine at Midnight2021Fury In The SlaughterhouseNow (Song "Letter To Myself")Starwatch Entertainment 2022 Dream Widow Dream Widow RCA Records 2023 Foo Fighters But Here We Are