14 Facts About Jay Graydon

Jay Graydon is the winner of two Grammy Awards with twelve Grammy nominations, among them the title "Producer of the Year" and "Best Engineered Recording".

Jay Graydon has mastered many different music styles and genres, and his recordings have been featured on record, film, television and the stage.

Jay Graydon can be heard on the live double album Don Ellis at Fillmore and the studio albums The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground, Connection and Soaring.

Jay Graydon played on the Jimmy Thudpucker album "Greatest Hits" along with Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn.

Jay Graydon was the subject of the track "Fretman Sam" and played its guitar solo.

Jay Graydon started his own record label, Sonic Thrust Records, in 2001 to give himself creative and artistic freedom in his songwriting and producing profession.

Jay Graydon has written numerous articles in music magazines, and has conducted seminars at Musician's Institute in Hollywood with guitarist Tommy Tedesco for more than 15 years.

Jay Graydon has been working on a series of books on recording techniques with Craig Anderton, a widely published and bestselling authority on recording technology.

Jay Graydon has played on or written songs for The Andy Williams Show, The Jackson 5 Show, The Alan Thicke Show, The David Steinberg Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Soupy Sales Show, The Smothers Brothers Show, The Midnight Special, The First Rock and Roll Awards Show, Miami Vice, and Starsky and Hutch.

Jay Graydon produced Jarreau's albums This Time, Breakin' Away, Jarreau and High Crime, among others.

Jay Graydon played guitar and synthesizer on these albums, as well as serving as songwriter, arranger and engineer.

Foster and Jay Graydon have worked together on several album projects, including the band Airplay, a pop-rock group they formed in the late 1970s, and the JT Super Producer concert in Japan in 1994 with Rene Angelil and Celine Dion.

Jay Graydon played the guitar solo on the song "Peg" on Steely Dan's 1977 album Aja.

Jay Graydon has said that he was unaware of whether or not Becker and Fagen would keep the solo until he heard the finished song on the radio.