{"id":557,"date":"2014-02-28T00:22:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=557"},"modified":"2014-06-08T05:14:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T05:14:12","slug":"jay-thomas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/jay-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Thomas – Jazz Trumpet, Saxophone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Jay Thomas<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Seattle Scene<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"thomas\"<\/a><\/td>\nJay Thomas, a native of Seattle, is an exciting and highly skilled multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, flugelhorn, alto, tenor, soprano and flutes). His music could be described as lyrical without losing touch with the blues.
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Thomas’ talent was recognized early when, as a high school student, he received a Down Beat scholarship for a year of study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
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Through the mid-seventies Thomas played with top musicians in the Bay Area, including Jessica Williams. Returning to Seattle in 1980 he became a frequent member of the house band at Parnell’s Jazz Club, performing with jazz artists such as George Cables,\u00a0<\/span>Charles McPherson, Bill Mays, Ralph Penland, Harold Land, Diane Shurr, Slim Gaillard, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Sal Nestico, Chet Baker, and on and on……..
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Thomas has appeared in concert with the bands of Mel Lewis, Clayton-Hamilton, Bill Holman, Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan, Herb Ellis, Jake Hanna and Mel Ryne and Chuck Israels. Vocalists Diane Shurr, Jay Clayton, Jan Stenz, Becca Duran, Greta Metasa and Ernestine Anderson all have used Jay’s talent for finding the perfect note and phrase behind their solos.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Live at Tula’s – Vol.2 – $16.50<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n360 Degrees – $15.00<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"tulas-vol-2\"<\/a><\/td>\n1.\u00a0R Hour<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0What Is This Thing <\/a><\/span>
3.\u00a0Lament<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0Belltown<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a0Sweet and Lovely<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0The Loneliest Room<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0Without a Song<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0Watts Up<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n		\"360degrees\"<\/a><\/td>\n1.\u00a0Cheryl<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0A Waltz<\/a><\/span>
3.\u00a0All Too Soon<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0Wingspan<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a0Why Not<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0Aisha<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0Valse<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0Peacocks<\/a><\/span>
9.\u00a0Whims of Chambers<\/a><\/span>
10.\u00a0My Ideal<\/a><\/span>
11.\u00a0Blues for McVouty (Revisited)<\/a><\/span>
12.\u00a0Isfahan<\/a><\/span>
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Thomas – trumpet & saxophones,
John Hansen – piano, John Wikan – drums,
Paul Gabrielson – bass<\/td>\n		Thomas – trumpet & saxophones,
Larry Fuller – piano, Bill Ramsey – alto sax
Doug Miller – bass, Gary Shutes – trombone
Jon Wikan – drums,\u00a0Denny Goodhew – baritone sax, clarinets
Craig Hoyer – piano, Travis Shook and others\u00a0on various tracks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th<\/sup> and Jackson Blues – $22.50<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLive at Tula’s – $19.50<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"twelvth\"<\/a><\/td>\n1.\u00a012th and Jackson Blues<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0Jitterbug Waltz<\/a><\/span>
3.\u00a0Ladybird<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0Who Do You Love, I Hope?<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a0Midnight Stomp<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0Is It True What They Way About Dixie?<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0Monk’s Mood<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0Mahalia’s Dance<\/a><\/span>
9.\u00a0Dream Dancing<\/a><\/span>
10.\u00a0Upside<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n		\u00a0\"live\"<\/a><\/td>\n1.\u00a0Boy What A Night<\/a><\/span>
2.\u00a0But Not For Me<\/a><\/span>
3.\u00a0Sophisticated Lady<\/a><\/span>
4.\u00a0Wendy<\/a><\/span>
5.\u00a07\/4 Blues<\/a><\/span>
6.\u00a0Wee Dot<\/a><\/span>
7.\u00a0S’Wonderful<\/a><\/span>
8.\u00a0Soon<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Thomas – trumpet & saxophones,
John Hansen – piano, John Wikan – drums
Russ Botten – bass<\/td>\n		Thomas – trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor sax,
John Hansen – piano, Jon Wikan – drums,
Chuck Bergeron – bass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0Jay Thomas\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Seattle Scene Jay Thomas, a native of Seattle, is an exciting and highly skilled multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, flugelhorn, alto, tenor, soprano and flutes). His music could be described as lyrical without losing touch with the blues. Thomas’ talent was recognized early when, as a high school student, he received a Down Beat scholarship for a year of study at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Through the mid-seventies Thomas played with top musicians in the Bay Area, including Jessica Williams. Returning to Seattle in 1980 he became a frequent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-left-column.php","meta":{"spay_email":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4l8kt-8Z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2728,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions\/2728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}