Jerry Hey

American musician

Jerry Hey
Background information
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Dixon, Illinois, U.S.
GenresJazz, jazz rock, jazz fusion, pop
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader
Instrument(s)Trumpet, flugelhorn
Years active1960s-present
Formerly of
Musical artist

Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings,[1][2] including Michael Jackson's Thriller,[3] Rock with You, "Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough", "Workin’ Day and Night"[4] and the flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit "Longer". Additionally, he has performed with artists such as George Benson, Nik Kershaw, Al Jarreau, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind & Fire, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, George Duke, Lionel Richie, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Patti Austin, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Yumi Matsutoya, among many others.[5][6][7]

He is known as the Seawind trumpeter and arranger who plays with Gary Grant, Larry Williams and Bill Reichenbach Jr.

Biography

Jerry Hey was born in 1950 in Dixon, Illinois to a family of musicians. His mother was a pianist and his father was a trombonist. Jerry also had two older brothers who played the trombone and tuba. After completing high school, Hey attended the National Music Camp for two summers. While in college, Hey studied under Bill Adam at Indiana University.[8][7]

Hey then relocated to Hawaii to become a member of Seawind band.[9][7]

In 1976, Hey moved to Los Angeles with the Seawind and recorded two albums for CTI Records under the direction of Harvey Mason.[9][6]

When Jerry Hey and Seawind moved to Los Angeles, Gary Grant had already been in the city for a year and was a well-known session player. He invited Jerry to join him on recording sessions, which helped to launch Jerry's career as a studio musician.[9][7]

Soon after arriving in LA, Quincy Jones got in touch with Jerry to ask him to play and arrange for an album titled “I Heard That!!”. Following that session, Jerry and his associates were invited to perform on every one of Quincy's recordings.[9][7] Hey later worked as a musician and arranger with David Foster.[5][6][10]

Jerry is the uncle of American keyboardist, songwriter, producer, arranger and musical director Henry Hey.

He composed and arranged the song "Jedi Rocks" for the 1997 Special Edition re-release of Return of the Jedi. He co-produced four songs on Lisa Stansfield's 2014 album, Seven.

Hey has received 6 Grammy Awards and 11 nominations.[11]

Awards

Grammy Awards[12]

Discography

With Earth, Wind & Fire
  • I Am (Columbia, 1979)
  • Faces (Columbia, 1980)
  • Raise! (Columbia, 1981)
  • Powerlight (Columbia, 1983)
  • Electric Universe (Columbia, 1983)
  • Touch the World (Columbia, 1987)
  • Heritage (Columbia, 1990)
  • Millennium (Warner Bros., 1993)
  • In the Name of Love (Rhino, 1997)
  • The Promise (Kalimba, 2003)
  • Illumination (Sanctuary, 2005)
  • Now, Then & Forever (Legacy, 2013)
  • Holiday (Legacy, 2014)

With The Brothers Johnson

  • Blam! (A&M Records, 1978)
  • Light Up The Night (A&M Records, 1980)
  • Winners (A&M Records, 1981)
  • Blast! (A&M Records, 1982)

With Luis Miguel

With Lalo Schifrin

With Aretha Franklin

With Elton John

  • 21 at 33 (Rocket, 1980)
  • Duets (Rocket, 1993)

With Olivia Newton-John

  • The Rumour (Mercury, 1988)

With Bob Seger

With Kenny Rogers

  • The Heart of the Matter (RCA, 1985)

With Syreeta Wright

With Joe Cocker

With Cher

  • Prisoner (Casablanca, 1979)

With Dionne Warwick

  • Friends in Love (Arista, 1982)

With Cheryl Lynn

  • In Love (Columbia, 1979)
  • Start Over (Manhattan, 1987)

With Celine Dion

With Jon Anderson

With Patti LaBelle

With Shelby Lynne

With Thelma Houston

With Selena

  • Dreaming of You (EMI, 1995)

With Barry Manilow

With Taylor Dayne

With Patti Austin

  • Patti Austin (Qwest, 1984)
  • The Real Me (Qwest, 1988)
  • That Secret Place (GRP, 1994)
  • On the Way to Love (Warner Bros., 2001)

With Michael Bolton

With Jeffrey Osborne

  • Jeffrey Osborne (A&M, 1982)
  • Stay with Me Tonight (A&M, 1983)
  • One Love: One Dream (A&M, 1988)

With Lisa Stansfield

  • Real Love (Arista, 1991)
  • Lisa Stansfield (Arista, 1997)

With Anita Baker

  • Rhythm of Love (Elektra, 1994)
  • My Everything (Blue Note, 2004)

With Stevie Nicks

  • The Other Side of the Mirror (Modern, 1989)

With Christopher Cross

With Dan Fogelberg

With Tanya Tucker

  • Should I Do It (MCA Records, 1981)

With David Crosby

With Kenny Loggins

With Minnie Riperton

  • Minnie (Capitol, 1979)

With Steve Cropper

  • Playin' My Thang (MCA, 1981)

With Brenda Russell

  • Brenda Russell (Horizon, 1979)
  • Two Eyes (Warner Bros., 1983)

With Stephanie Mills

  • Home (MCA, 1989)

With Joni Mitchell

  • Dog Eat Dog (Geffen, 1985)

With Melissa Manchester

  • Emergency (Arista, 1983)
  • Mathematics (MCA, 1985)

With Jim Messina

  • Messina (Warner Bros., 1981)

With Deniece Williams

  • Hot on the Trail (Columbia, 1986)
  • As Good as It Gets (Columbia, 1988)
  • Special Love (Sparrow, 1989)

With Teena Marie

  • Lady T (Gordy, 1980)

With Peter Allen

  • Bi-Coastal (A&M, 1980)
  • Not The Boy Next Door (Arista, 1983)

With Beth Hart

  • Leave the Light On (Warner Bros., 2003)

With Donna Summer

  • Bad Girls (Casablanca, 1979)
  • Donna Summer (Geffen, 1982)
  • She Works Hard for the Money (Mercury, 1983)
  • All Systems Go (Geffen, 1987)

With Paul Anka

  • The Music Man (United Artists, 1976)

With Chaka Khan

With Barry Mann

  • Barry Mann (Casablanca, 1980)

With Melanie C

  • Reason (Virgin, 2003)

With Sheena Easton

With John Mayer

With Dolly Parton

With Boz Scaggs

With Randy Crawford

  • Windsong (Warner Bros., 1982)

With Rickie Lee Jones

With Carole Bayer Sager

  • ...Too (Elektra, 1978)
  • Sometimes Late at Night (The Boardwalk Entertainment, 1981)

With Paul McCartney

With Michael McDonald

With Michael Jackson

  • Off the Wall (Epic, 1979)
  • Thriller (Epic, 1982)
  • Bad (Epic, 1987)

With Desmond Child

  • Discipline (Elektra, 1991)

With Betty Wright

  • Betty Wright (Epic, 1981)

With Roberta Flack

  • Oasis (Atlantic, 1988)

With Richard Marx

  • Richard Marx (EMI, 1987)
  • Repeat Offender (EMI, 1989)
  • Flesh and Bone (Capitol, 1997)

With Mika

  • The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Casablanca, 2009)

With Philip Bailey

  • Continuation (A&M, 1983)

With Rod Stewart

  • Camouflage (Warner Bros., 1984)

With Randy Newman

  • Trouble in Paradise (Reprise, 1983)
  • Land of Dreams (Reprise, 1988)

With Natalie Cole

  • Dangerous (Atco, 1985)
  • Everlasting (Elektra, 1987)

With B.B. King

  • B.B. King & Friends: 80 (Geffen, 2005)

With Peter Cetera

With Nicolette Larson

  • In the Nick of Time (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)

With Barbra Streisand

  • Songbird (Columbia, 1978)
  • Till I Loved You (Columbia, 1988)

With Jennifer Warnes

  • The Hunter (Attic, 1992)

With Rob Thomas

With Laura Branigan

  • Hold Me (Atlantic, 1985)

With Jimmy Webb

  • Angel Heart (Real West Production, 1982)

With Al Jarreau

  • This Time (Warner Bros., 1980)
  • Breakin' Away (Warner Bros., 1981)
  • Jarreau (Warner Bros., 1983)
  • High Crime (Warner Bros., 1984)
  • Heart's Horizon (Reprise, 1988)
  • Heaven and Earth (Reprise, 1992)
  • Tomorrow Today (GRP, 2000)
  • All I Got (GRP, 2002)

With Jennifer Holliday

With James Last Band

  • Seduction (Polydor, 1980)

With George Benson

  • Give Me the Night (Warner Bros., 1980)
  • 20/20 (Warner Bros., 1985)
  • While the City Sleeps... (Warner Bros., 1986)
  • Standing Together (GRP, 1998)

With Livingston Taylor

With Neil Diamond

  • September Morn (Columbia, 1979)
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (Columbia, 1988)

With Michael Franks

With Atkins

  • Atkins (also does the horn section on Keep Trying) (Warner Bros., 1982)

With Darren Kramer Organization

  • The Darren Kramer Organization (1998)

With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

With Miho Nakayama

With Pauline Wilson

  • Tribute (McClees Corp., 2001)

With The Square/T-SQUARE

With Dave Weckl/Dave Weckl Band

  • Master Plan (GRP, 1990)
  • Live (and very plugged in) (Stretch, 2003)

With David Foster

  • David Foster (Atlantic, 1986)
  • The Christmas Album (Interscope Records, 1995)

With Wilson Phillips

  • Shadows And Light (SBK Records, 1992)

With TM Network

Soundtracks

As sideman on soundtrack recordings[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Jerry Hey Discography". Discogs. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Jerry Hey | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Owsinski, Bobby; Ill, Paul (August 1, 2009). The Studio Musician's Handbook. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 247–248. ISBN 978-1-4234-6341-2. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  4. ^ jacobtrumpet (December 5, 2013). "Jerry Hey". Jacob Phillips. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Interview: Jerry Hey, Pop Music's Go-Go Man for Horn and String Arrangements". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Davis, Michael (April 1, 2012). "Jerry Hey". Hip-Bone Music. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e Splett, Thomas (March 8, 2019). "Interview with the legendary American trumpeter and arranger Jerry Hey –". Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  8. ^ Davis, Michael (April 1, 2012). "Jerry Hey". Hip-Bone Music. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "Jerry Hey". worldtrumpetsociety.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Awards". David Foster. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Jerry Hey". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Artist: Jerry Hey". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  13. ^ "Jerry Hey". IMDb. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  14. ^ "Jerry Hey Biography". HeyHorns.com. December 17, 2001. Archived from the original on December 17, 2001.
  15. ^ Meeker, David (2019). Jazz on the screen: A Jazz and Blues Filmography (PDF).

External links

  • Jerry Hey discography at Discogs
  • Jerry Hey at IMDb
  • Jerry Hey at AllMusic
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