Jay Graydon is a Los Angeles songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards (in the R&B category) with twelve Grammy nominations, among them the title "Producer of the Year" and "Best Engineered Recording". Jay Graydon has mastered many different styles and genres. In his career his recordings have been featured on record, film, television, and on stage.
Jay Graydon has just finished his latest album titled "Scene 29" - co-written with highly acclaimed hit maker Randy Goodrum - as a group named JaR. The album is a melodic masterpiece with songs across the board - a mixture of Pop, R&B, AC, AOR and Jazz. It is superbly crafted, loaded with original, sophisticated, catchy songs, with subtle harmonies and interesting melodic hooks. The musical concept is totally new, yet slightly familiar to anyone into the Steely Dan sound, as the songs build on a similar formula with complex jazz-influenced chord structures that are pleasant to the ear with unexpected musical twists, as well as apt, fun and innovative lyrics. Further, the groove is mature with exceptional playing and singing, and as usual Jay Graydon plays his guitar with elegant and intelligent accuracy. The album is flirting with the smooth jazz genre and can be best described as Steely Dan meets Airplay and Pages with some jazzy flavors, a touch of humor, strong catchy melodies with intelligent lyrical hooks. For more info, check out the JarZONE.
Graydon made his singing debut on his second birthday on the "Joe Graydon Show," the first music/talk television show in Los Angeles, hosted by his father Joe Graydon. During and briefly after his college days Jay Graydon played in the Don Ellis Band, whose style can be described as experimental post-bop jazz.
