Zane was born and raised in New York City. At age 8 he began to work on CBS's
"Dave's World". During the four years of filming, he lived bi-coastally between
Manhattan and Los Angeles, and when the show ended its run in 1997, his
family decided to stay in Los Angeles. During this time, Zane continued to pursue
an acting career while showing an interest in the guitar. As his desire to act waned,
he began to put more effort into the jazz bands at school, and eventually he decided
to stop acting altogether to pursue this new dream. During this time, he would go
out almost every Monday to sit it at the local blues jam sessions in LA (Smokin'
Johnnies, Cozy's, B.B. King's), and by age 16 he was starting to make a name
for himself as a player in that circuit. By the time he turned 18 he had won first
place at the Monterey Jazz Festival with the Hamilton High School "A" Jazz Band,
toured Japan with the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival All-Star Big Band,
performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the LA Spotlight Awards Competition,
and been offered the guitar chair on Michael Buble's 2003 tour (which he ended up
not doing). Thanks to these accomplishments, Zane was accepted into the prestigious
Studio/Jazz Guitar program at USC's Thornton School of Music. He studied there for
three semesters while continuing to play locally, and he eventually left school to tour
with Renee Olstead and Jesse McCartney. Nowadays, Zane can be found playing
guitar with the house band on "Last Call with Carson Daly" whenever he is not on
tour.
