January 6, 2008
Update on the DVD!!!
Thanks for all of your comments and kudos regarding the DVD! Just a clarification regarding the sound and filming
quality of this totally live production. Like we said earlier this concert video was never intended for
commercial release, but after many requests Jay Graydon has finally agreed to
release it - after all these years. In other words, this video captures a very rare and unique concert with some of the
greatest musicians ever, in a raw and totally live environment, as filmed using one camera only and the sound emanating
directly from the live board mix.
Statement from WARD Records regarding the release:
When watching the product please bear in mind that the footage used was originally meant for personal archive
purposes and never was intended for a public release. Therefore it is a single camera shooting from the
audience (probably the FOH console area), and not a so-called "pro-quality" shot done by a professional camera crew.
Some of the Japanese press only mentioned about the quality of the video being poor, which is very unfortunate
because we believe that this particular video is a record of a very special and precious moment which may never
happen again and we only wanted the public viewers to enjoy the magic that Jay and his friends performed
for us. I personally believe that music lovers of Europe and the US would be able to appreciate the true value
of this product and not be concerned about little facts like how it was shot. We've done the best we can to
enhance the video and audio.
REVIEW by Takeishi Ito AKA Takeito - Westcoast
music guru
and AOR expert with great web site - Adult Contemporary
Music In Japan. Takeito gives the DVD 4,5 stars out of 5! You need to scroll down a bit
on his Monthly Recommended Discs page.
The album released in conjunction with this tour -
AIRPLAY FOR THE PLANET - is
available at CD BABY.
December 9, 2007
Latest News on the DVDs!!!
There will be 2 versions of the DVD - the Normal Edition - (1 DVD+12pg booklet) and
- the Special First Press Limited Edition - (1 DVD+2 CD+24pg booklet). The 2 CDs are the board mix audio from the concert.
Both DVD editions include an interview session with Jay and Kenji Sano (bass player) looking back at the
show.
While waiting for the release you might enjoy checking out
a few pics from the video!
BTW the tracks list on the DVD is as follows. As you can see there are many great songs, not only from AIRPLAY FOR THE PLANET but also
a few TOTO and Bill Champlin tracks.
- 01. CRIMINAL
- 02. SATISFACTION
- 03. SHE JUST CAN'T MAKE UP HER MIND
- 04. HOLDIN' ON TO LOVE
- 05. WALK THE WIRE
- 06. AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE
- 07. FIRST AND LAST
- 08. INSINCERE
- 09. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
- 10. BABY, BYE BYE
- 11. STEVE PORCARO, BILL CANTOS, JOHN VAN TONGEREN, KEYBOARD SOLO
- 12. WHEN YOU LOOK IN MY EYES
- 13. ROXANN
- 14. NOTHIN' YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
- 15. BAND INTRO
- 16. TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND
- 17. PAT MASTELOTTO DRUM SOLO and KENJI SANO BASS SOLO
- 18. SHOW ME THE MAGIC
- 19. PAMELA
- 20. STRANDED
November 23, 2007
Pre-order Your Copy Of The Jay Graydon Allstar Band DVD!!!
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The release date for the DVD with the 1994 concert (1st night) in Japan from the Japan/Scandinavia Tour with
the Jay Graydon Allstars
Band is scheduled to Dec. 18th in Japan by Ward
Records, but you may NOW pre-order your copy at Amazon.com!!!
There will be 2 versions of the DVD - one is just the DVD and the other will also have an extra CD with the
audio from the gig as well. Amazon.com has not stated (yet) which is which of the 2 versions they have for pre-order, but
an easy way of finding out is to compare the price for the 2 different versions, when it becomes available, since the
one without the supporting audio will be cheaper - of course.
WARD Records are saying that "Our NTSC version is going to be released in REGION 0", meaning playable in all
regions. All region code flags are set, making the disc playable worldwide. The line-up on this tour was, apart
from the band leader, Jay Graydon, on guitars and vocals - Bill
Champlin (vocals, of course, guitar and Hammond B3), Bill Cantos (vocals and keyboard), Sherwood
Ball (vocals and guitar), Steve Porcaro (keyboard and synths), John Van Tongeren (keyboard and synths), Pat
Mastelotto (drums), Kenji Sano (bass) and Joseph Williams (vocals). More on this as things
unfold. The album released in conjunction with this tour -
AIRPLAY FOR THE PLANET - is
available at CD BABY.
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September 23, 2007
Live gig on DVD to be released!!!
While we are waiting for Jay's new album - approx. release around April 2008 - we will have the wonderful opportunity to
attend the 1994 concert (1st night) in Japan from the Japan/Scandinavia Tour with the Jay Graydon Allstars
Band as this gig will be released on video on Dec. 5th in Japan by Ward
Records. The line-up on this tour was, apart from the band leader, Jay Graydon, on guitars and vocals - Bill
Champlin (vocals, of course, guitar and Hammond B3), Bill Cantos (vocals and keyboard), Sherwood
Ball (vocals and guitar), Steve Porcaro (keyboard and synths), John Van Tongeren (keyboard and synths), Pat
Mastelotto (drums), Kenji Sano (bass) and Joseph Williams (vocals). More on this as things
unfold. The album released in conjunction with this tour -
AIRPLAY FOR THE PLANET - is
available at CD BABY.
July 13, 2007
Part 2 of Ken Volpe's interview with Jay Graydon!!!
In
Part 2 of Behind The Scenes with Jay Graydon - Ken and Jay discuss over the phone some of Jay's
favorite guitarists; Joe Pass, Allan Holdsworth, Ted Greene, Phil deGruy, and Lenny Breau. They move on to cover
what life is like as a professional musician and a producer. Lastly, they dig into the all important topic of
microphone placement to capture great guitar tones in the studio.
June 25, 2007
Listen to a LIVE telephone interview with Jay Graydon!!!
Ken Volpe and Jay Graydon in a telephone conversation - April 2007:
In Part 1 of Behind the Scenes with Jay Graydon - the legendary guitarist, recording
artist, songwriter, producer and engineer - Ken and Jay discuss how he got started as a musician, his
mentors, preferred styles, and the details of how he wound up playing a classic guitar solo on Peg by
Steely Dan. Jay deconstructs the solo and takes you through how he approached playing over the changes that
others in the band weren't comfortable with. Jay also talks about the studio work and guitar solos that
he's proud of that can be heard on other big records.
April 14, 2007
Buy digital downloads!!!
Individual tracks of Jay Graydon's music released on SONIC THRUST RECORDS are now available as digital downloads
from Jay's web sites. Visit our SNOCAP store at jaygraydon.net or check
out Jay's Myspace for purchase. Sound bites available for all tracks.
More tracks will be added later on.
April 10, 2007
Jay working on a NEW album!!!
Yes, it is REALLY TRUE!!!! The rumors some of you have heard buzzing in the air for some time now, are in fact not
just rumors. Jay Graydon is currently very very busy in his studio working on a new album with TOTALLY NEW
MUSIC, written and recorded together with renowned songwriter Randy Goodrum. As I am sure you
already know, Randy Goodrum has written a bunch of hit songs over the years, including
IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL (Chicago) with Steve Kipner, and WHO'S HOLDING DONNA NOW
(DeBarge) with Jay Graydon and David Foster.
This new upcoming CD is superbly crafted, loaded with original, sophisticated and catchy songs, with
interesting melodic hooks paying close attention to sonic detail as always when Jay creates music. Anyone into the
Steely Dan sound will surely love the subtle harmonic structures and clever lyrics.
At this point Jay has begun working with the time consuming mixing process, and there is so much work
to be done before
Jay and Randy will consider the album ready to be devoured by us starving music lovers. In a few months time we will have
come a lot closer to the release of some really GREAT music, that is for sure!!!
So stay tuned for more news as things unfold!
March 3, 2007
Jay Graydon Interviewed In Upcoming Movie!!!
Jay Graydon is interviewed in filmmaker John Vizzusi's documentary
movie - "ELECTRIC
HEART- the Man, his Times & his Music" about Don Ellis. Don was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer
and leader of big bands who consistently explored the area of unusual time signatures. He was the first to create a fusion
between jazz-rock and classical music.The Don Ellis music style can
be described as experimental post-bop jazz.
During and briefly after his college days Jay Graydon played in the renowned Don Ellis Band for a period of
time. Read more about Don Ellis and the Don Ellis Tribute
Band which did a tribute concert at the Whisky
A Go-Go in West Hollywood in December 2005, on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of Don's passing away.
Here you may also watch a clip from the film which
is premiering in April 2007, and has many testimonials from musicians, who
worked with Don Ellis.
January 5, 2007
Jay Voted 2nd Favorite Guitarist In The World!!!
In the latest issue (Nov.2006) of the Japanese music magazine "ADLIB" (covering Adult Contemporary
Music, Jazz, R&B...) Jay Graydon was voted the second favorite guitarist in the world by the readers and his
latest album Past to Present - the 70s (2006) was ranked as number
9 of the favorite albums.
ADLIB (Swing Journal, Japan) 26th Reader's Poll
FAVORITE GUITARIST
- Larry Carlton
- Jay Graydon
- Lee Ritenour
- Pat Metheny
- George Benson
- Jeff Beck
- Steve Lukather
- Eric Clapton
- Al McKay
- Buzzy Feiten
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FAVORITE CD
- Stevie Wonder/Time To Love
- Michael Franks/Rendezvous In Rio
- Chicago/Chicago XXX
- TOTO/Falling In Between
- Donald Fagen/Morph The Cat
- Il Divo/Encore
- Joe Sample&Randy Crawford/Feeling Good
- Prince/3121
- Jay Graydon/Past To Present The '70s
- Jaco Pastorius Big Band/Word Is Out
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December 3, 2006
LAUNCH OF OUR SISTER SITE JAYGRAYDON.NET!!!
Welcome to our sister site jaygraydon.net which now is launched in full. Check out
lyrics, pics, sound bites, video
performances, sheet music, articles and other stuff that is interesting and Jay Graydon related. New features will be
added from time to time - so keep hanging around!
October 14, 2006
JAY GRAYDON WRITES FOR EQ MAGAZINE!!!
After the appraised article series on Recording the Guitar for Guitar.com a
while back Jay will once again share his expertise
in all things recording with us in a new set of articles written for EQ Magazine.
Please join us for an exciting and educational journey into recording land guided by our host Jay Graydon. As most of you
already know Jay Graydon is twice Grammy awarded
with 12 top five Grammy finalist nominations, among them are for instance the winning R&B songs AFTER THE LOVE HAS
GONE and TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND and the nominations for e.g. the prestigious title "Producer of
the Year" as well as
a Grammy top five finalist nomination for "Best Engineered Recording".
Jay's profound knowledge of recording, engineering, songwriting, arranging, producing and related areas, has rendered
him deep respect within the music industry and he has been called in as a beta tester of music gear a number of
times by leading music equipment developers. Jay's music expertise comes from a deep well of experience - recording
sessions from his career over the years and a desire to share his know-how with everyone who is seeking knowledge on
how to develop his/her skills within the quality recording area.
First article in EQ Magazine deals with
Recording Acoustic Drums Also available in the print edition of EQ Magazine for September 2006.
July 12, 2006
JAY GRAYDON MESSAGE FORUM LAUNCHED!!!
Welcome to our message forum! Feel free to post a message, start new threads
and/or respond to music related issues of your interest and share your
thoughts in music and recording land. Jay has started a few threads for us and will also join the discussions when
time allows.
You are invited to join the forum and discuss music issues with others. From time
to time I will hang around and
join the discussions as well. Feel free to post new threads and hey, please keep it clean and music
related, guys. - Jay Graydon
July 11, 2006
Past to Present - the 70s - NOW with BONUS track!!!
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IN LOVE. The catalog number is KICP-1176 and the release date for this album is set to be August 23, 2006, but you
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June 5, 2006
SONIC THRUST RECORDS AT RETAILERS !!!
Jay Graydon music released on his own record label - SONIC THRUST RECORDS - is now
available to order from retail stores
all over the world. Our national distributor CD BABY has a partnership with
one of the largest one-stop distributors in America - Super D One-Stop.
Their database is sent to over 2400 retail stores around the
world and any store can buy albums through Super D. IOW even if you do not find
your local favorite store listed
here, you can tell them to contact Mark Grindle at
Super D to set up an account.
June 1, 2006
GUITAR WORLD FEATURES JAY GRAYDON!!!
JAY GRAYDON is featured in the July 2006 issue of the music magazine GUITAR WORLD (circulation: 200,000 and
counting... at newsstands June 6).
David Konow has written an article for GUITAR WORLD about the studio musicians scene of
the '70s and 80s and interviewed Jay about his career as a first call session ace guitarist. This is a story about
the great guitarists who came out of the studio scene, the albums they played on, the whole shebang, or in short, a
look back at a very important time in music history.
In this interview Jay says he hopes he "passed along some information that becomes educational for you future
studio guys." and concludes by saying "keep the fellowship of string benders alive in creative land!"
Enjoy the interview in full in the GUITAR WORLD July 2006 issue!
May 3, 2006
JAY GRAYDON MUSIC STORE NOW LAUNCHED!!!
On request we have now launched the Jay Graydon Music Store - an access point for purchasing
albums with
songs Jay Graydon has written to date. We are happy to now be able to offer many of you a way of buying Jay's music
in your own currency and without needing to pay for overseas customs.
Individual links for online stores in the United States, Europe and Japan are provided on the
page for each album.
Sometimes
the artwork or tracks listing on the releases may differ somewhat and the releases may be specific for the area, but
in any case Jay Graydon's song(s) are included on all of the albums listed. Not all albums are available in all areas at
this point, but more and more are getting added. There are sound samples available for most of the songs as well.
As more songs and albums become known to us and available at these 3 online stores, they will of course be
added. If you are looking for albums on
which Jay has participated in his many other roles, e.g. as a guitarist, producer, arranger and more, please consult his
complete discography for info and purchase links.
Welcome to check out the JAY GRAYDON MUSIC STORE!
March 2, 2006
THE NEW ALBUM IS NOW RELEASED!!!
Jay Graydon's latest album
Past to Present - the 70s is now released and available
at CD BABY!
These recording sessions, original stuff from the 70s, are previously never released. Listen to
a few sound bites
from the album at CD BABY, featuring Jay singing on two of the songs (IF THERE'S A WAY and YOU CAN COUNT ON ME) and Bill
Champlin on one - an alternate version of
WHAT GOOD IS LOVE. Bill is also singing lead vocals on another never before released song - IT'S RIGHT TO BE IN LOVE - and
like we told you
earlier the album features the session aces from the 70s era and from any era - just check out the list below on the
participating musicians and vocalists...
Musicians and Vocalists:
- GUITARS: Jay Graydon
- KEYBOARDS: Jay Graydon, David Foster, Greg Mathieson
- DRUMS: Jeff Porcaro, Willy Ornelas, Mike Baird, Ralph Humphrey
- BASS: Jay Graydon, Dave McDaniel, David Hungate, Mike Porcaro, (most likely David Shields)
- VOCALISTS: Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin, Ed Whiting, Marc Jordan, Tata Vega, Lisa DalBello, Nettie
Gloud, Carmen Twillie
- SONGWRITERS: Jay Graydon, David Foster, Bill Champlin, Harry Garfield, Marc Jordan, B. J. Cook Foster
Read Jay's extensive liner notes, i.e. the full story on
the recording sessions.
The album
Past to Present - the 70s is now available at CD BABY!
December 18, 2005
AWESOME NEW ALBUM IN 2006!!!
Listen up music lovers - in mid to late February 2006 Jay will release a NEW album that will knock your socks off!!! All
songs on this upcoming album are transferred from analog masters, recorded by Jay and Co. in the 70s, into a digital
masterpiece of quality music and this is as close as it will ever get to another AIRPLAY album!!! How about that???!!!
This new album - Past to Present - the 70s - features Jay Graydon on vocals, guitars, bass and some synth stuff; great
singers such as Bill Champlin, Marc Jordan, Tata Vega, Lisa DalBello, Ed Whiting and more. On all tracks other musicians
include such top names as David Foster, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Baird, David Hungate, Mike Porcaro, Greg Mathieson, to name
a few. The album will have around 20 tracks and this stuff has never been released before. Apart from the 10 main songs,
there are near 10 more bonus songs - fun stuff like TV themes, a jingle, and a few instrumental tracks of some of the
first 10 songs.
Jay says about his new album...
"If you are interested in hearing great singers, musicians, and songwriters that had surfaced as "top notch" in the 70s
during the beginning of their professional careers, you will enjoy the CD."
Keep hanging around the web site for the latest news on the release date and purchase info for Jay's amazing
new album - Past to Present - the 70s!!! This is the one album you will want to own in 2006!
August 21, 2005
AIRPLAY 25th Anniversary album is here!!!
Photo © Ian Eales - March 23, 2005. Thanks, Pal!!!
The album is now released and available via Jay's web site. In the liner
notes there is an exclusive interview with Jay Graydon and David Foster together at David's Malibu
mansion. Toshi Nakada
of COOL SOUND interviewed them both in March 2005 and Ian Eales (Grammy nominated engineer, one of Jay's best
friends and David's brother-in-law) took this picture. A new interview with Tommy Funderburk is also added.
So order your copy of the special
edition directly at
Amazon.com. BTW this 25th Anniversary album sometimes has the title ROMANTIC.
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