Jerry Hey

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, including Michael Jackson's Thriller, Rock with You, "Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough", "Workin’ Day and Night" 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.

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.

Hey then relocated to Hawaii to become a member of Seawind band.

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

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.

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. Hey later worked as a musician and arranger with David Foster.

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.

Grammy Awards
Source:


 * 1981 – Best Instrumental Arrangement
 * Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones (arrangers) for "Dinorah, Dinorah" performed by George Benson
 * 1982 – Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
 * Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones (arrangers) for "Ai No Corrida" performed by Quincy Jones
 * 1983 – Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
 * Jerry Hey & David Paich, Jeff Porcaro (arrangers) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto
 * 1984 – Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or A Television Special
 * Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Douglas Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Shandi Sinnamon (composers) for Flashdance performed by various artists
 * 1991 – Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
 * Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton (arrangers) for "Birdland" performed by Quincy Jones.
 * 1991 - Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
 * Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones & Clif Magness (arrangers) for "The Places You Find Love" performed by Quincy Jones.

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 With Olivia Newton-John With Bob Seger With Kenny Rogers With Syreeta Wright With Joe Cocker With Cher With Dionne Warwick With Cheryl Lynn With Celine Dion With Jon Anderson With Patti LaBelle With Shelby Lynne With Thelma Houston With Selena With Barry Manilow With Taylor Dayne With Patti Austin With Michael Bolton With Jeffrey Osborne With Lisa Stansfield With Anita Baker With Stevie Nicks With Christopher Cross With Dan Fogelberg With Tanya Tucker With David Crosby With Kenny Loggins With Minnie Riperton With Steve Cropper With Brenda Russell With Stephanie Mills With Joni Mitchell With Melissa Manchester With Jim Messina With Deniece Williams With Teena Marie With Peter Allen With Beth Hart With Donna Summer With Paul Anka With Chaka Khan With Barry Mann With Melanie C With Sheena Easton With John Mayer With Dolly Parton With Boz Scaggs With Randy Crawford With Rickie Lee Jones With Carole Bayer Sager With Paul McCartney With Michael McDonald With Michael Jackson With Desmond Child With Betty Wright With Roberta Flack With Richard Marx With Mika With Philip Bailey With Rod Stewart With Randy Newman With Natalie Cole With B.B. King With Peter Cetera With Nicolette Larson With Barbra Streisand With Jennifer Warnes With Rob Thomas With Laura Branigan With Jimmy Webb With Al Jarreau With Jennifer Holliday
 * Soy Como Quiero Ser (Warner, 1987)
 * Busca una Mujer (Warner, 1988)
 * 20 Años (Warner, 1990)
 * Aries (Warner, 1993)
 * Segundo Romance (Warner, 1994)
 * Nada Es Igual (Warner, 1996)
 * Amarte Es Un Placer (Warner, 1999)
 * Mis Romances (Warner, 2001)
 * 33 (Warner, 2003)
 * Cómplices (Warner, 2008)
 * Luis Miguel (Warner, 2010)
 * No One Home (Tabu, 1979)
 * Love All the Hurt Away (Arista, 1981)
 * Jump to It (Arista, 1982)
 * Aretha (Arista, 1986)
 * 21 at 33 (Rocket, 1980)
 * Duets (Rocket, 1993)
 * The Rumour (Mercury, 1988)
 * Like a Rock (Capitol, 1986)
 * The Heart of the Matter (RCA, 1985)
 * Set My Love in Motion (Tamla, 1981)
 * Across from Midnight (CMC, 1997)
 * Prisoner (Casablanca, 1979)
 * Friends in Love (Arista, 1982)
 * In Love (Columbia, 1979)
 * Start Over (Manhattan, 1987)
 * Falling into You (Columbia, 1996)
 * In the City of Angels (Columbia, 1988)
 * Winner in You (MCA, 1986)
 * Love, Shelby (Island, 2001)
 * Breakwater Cat (RCA, 1980)
 * Dreaming of You (EMI, 1995)
 * Swing Street (Arista, 1987)
 * Can't Fight Fate (Arista, 1989)
 * Patti Austin (Qwest, 1984)
 * The Real Me (Qwest, 1988)
 * That Secret Place (GRP, 1994)
 * On the Way to Love (Warner Bros., 2001)
 * Time, Love & Tenderness (Columbia, 1991)
 * This Is The Time: The Christmas Album (Columbia, 1996)
 * Jeffrey Osborne (A&M, 1982)
 * Stay with Me Tonight (A&M, 1983)
 * One Love: One Dream (A&M, 1988)
 * Real Love (Arista, 1991)
 * Lisa Stansfield (Arista, 1997)
 * Rhythm of Love (Elektra, 1994)
 * My Everything (Blue Note, 2004)
 * The Other Side of the Mirror (Modern, 1989)
 * Every Turn of the World (Warner Bros., 1985)
 * Phoenix (Epic, 1979)
 * The Innocent Age (Epic, 1981)
 * The Wild Places (Epic, 1990)
 * Should I Do It (MCA Records, 1981)
 * Oh Yes I Can (A&M, 1989)
 * Back to Avalon (Columbia, 1988)
 * Minnie (Capitol, 1979)
 * Playin' My Thang (MCA, 1981)
 * Brenda Russell (Horizon, 1979)
 * Two Eyes (Warner Bros., 1983)
 * Home (MCA, 1989)
 * Dog Eat Dog (Geffen, 1985)
 * Emergency (Arista, 1983)
 * Mathematics (MCA, 1985)
 * Messina (Warner Bros., 1981)
 * Hot on the Trail (Columbia, 1986)
 * As Good as It Gets (Columbia, 1988)
 * Special Love (Sparrow, 1989)
 * Lady T (Gordy, 1980)
 * Bi-Coastal (A&M, 1980)
 * Not The Boy Next Door (Arista, 1983)
 * Leave the Light On (Warner Bros., 2003)
 * Bad Girls (Casablanca, 1979)
 * Donna Summer (Geffen, 1982)
 * She Works Hard for the Money (Mercury, 1983)
 * All Systems Go (Geffen, 1987)
 * The Music Man (United Artists, 1976)
 * What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (Warner Bros., 1981)
 * Barry Mann (Casablanca, 1980)
 * Reason (Virgin, 2003)
 * A Private Heaven (EMI, 1984)
 * Heavier Things (Columbia, 2003)
 * The Search for Everything (Columbia, 2017)
 * Heartbreaker (RCA Victor, 1978)
 * 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (RCA, 1980)
 * Other Roads (Columbia, 1988)
 * Windsong (Warner Bros., 1982)
 * Pirates (Warner Bros., 1981)
 * The Magazine (Warner Bros., 1984)
 * The Evening of My Best Day (V2, 2003)
 * ...Too (Elektra, 1978)
 * Sometimes Late at Night (The Boardwalk Entertainment, 1981)
 * Pipes of Peace (Columbia, 1983)
 * No Lookin' Back (Warner Bros., 1985)
 * Off the Wall (Epic, 1979)
 * Thriller (Epic, 1982)
 * Bad (Epic, 1987)
 * Discipline (Elektra, 1991)
 * Betty Wright (Epic, 1981)
 * Oasis (Atlantic, 1988)
 * Richard Marx (EMI, 1987)
 * Repeat Offender (EMI, 1989)
 * Flesh and Bone (Capitol, 1997)
 * The Boy Who Knew Too Much (Casablanca, 2009)
 * Continuation (A&M, 1983)
 * Camouflage (Warner Bros., 1984)
 * Trouble in Paradise (Reprise, 1983)
 * Land of Dreams (Reprise, 1988)
 * Dangerous (Atco, 1985)
 * Everlasting (Elektra, 1987)
 * B.B. King & Friends: 80 (Geffen, 2005)
 * World Falling Down (Warner Bros., 1992)
 * In the Nick of Time (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
 * Songbird (Columbia, 1978)
 * Till I Loved You (Columbia, 1988)
 * The Hunter (Attic, 1992)
 * ...Something to Be (Atlantic Records, 2005)
 * Hold Me (Atlantic, 1985)
 * Angel Heart (Real West Production, 1982)
 * 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)
 * Feel My Soul (Geffen, 1983)

With James Last Band
 * Seduction (Polydor, 1980)

With George Benson With Livingston Taylor With Neil Diamond With Michael Franks With Atkins With Darren Kramer Organization
 * Give Me the Night (Warner Bros., 1980)
 * 20/20 (Warner Bros., 1985)
 * While the City Sleeps... (Warner Bros., 1986)
 * Standing Together (GRP, 1998)
 * Three Way Mirror (Epic, 1978)
 * September Morn (Columbia, 1979)
 * The Best Years of Our Lives (Columbia, 1988)
 * One Bad Habit (Warner Bros., 1980)
 * Atkins (also does the horn section on Keep Trying) (Warner Bros., 1982)
 * The Darren Kramer Organization (1998)

With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 * Southern Accents (MCA Records, 1985)
 * Playback (MCA Records, 1995)

With Miho Nakayama
 * Wagamama na Actress (King Records, 1993)
 * Mid Blue (King Records, 1995)

With Pauline Wilson
 * Tribute (McClees Corp., 2001)

With The Square/T-SQUARE
 * R･E･S･O･R･T (CBS/Sony, 1985)
 * Yes, No (CBS/Sony, 1988)
 * Refreshest (Sony, 1991)

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
 * Humansystem (Epic/Sony, 1987)

With KC and the Sunshine Band
 * All in a Night's Work (Epic, 1982)

With Pleasure
 * Future Now (Fantasy Records, 1979)
 * Special Things (Fantasy Records, 1980)

With Patrice Rushen
 * Patrice (Elektra Records, 1978)

Soundtracks
As sideman on soundtrack recordings 


 * Aladdin soundtrack (Walt Disney, 1992)
 * Ally McBeal soundtrack (1997-2002)
 * Analyze This soundtrack (1999)
 * Austin Powers I, Austin Powers II, Austin Powers III (2002) soundtrack
 * Back to the Future soundtrack (MCA, 1985)
 * Back to the Future Part II soundtrack (1989)
 * Back to the Future Part III soundtrack (1990)
 * BAD short film soundtrack (1987)
 * Bad Boys soundtrack (1983)
 * Blown Away soundtrack (1994)
 * Bowfinger soundtrack (1999)
 * Big Trouble soundtrack (2002)
 * Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack (2006)
 * Captain EO short film soundtrack (1986)
 * Caddyshack soundtrack (1980)
 * Contact soundtrack
 * CHiPs soundtrack (1977-1983)
 * Disney features - Hercules (1997), Blast from the Past (1998), Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Isn’t She Great (1999) soundtracks
 * Father of the Bride I and Father of the Bride II soundtrack
 * Fandango soundtrack (1984)
 * Forrest Gump soundtrack
 * George of the Jungle soundtrack (Walt Disney, 1997)
 * Grand Canyon soundtrack (1991)
 * Godzilla soundtrack (Epic, 1998)
 * Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men soundtrack
 * Gypsy soundtrack (1993)
 * Lilo & Stitch soundtrack (Walt Disney, 2002)
 * Men in Black II soundtrack (Columbia, 2002)
 * Meet the Applegates soundtrack (1990)
 * Meet the Fockers soundtrack (2004)
 * Meet the Browns soundtrack (2008)
 * Mousehunt soundtrack (Varese Sarabande, 1997)
 * Mulan soundtrack (Walt Disney, 1998)
 * Payback soundtrack (1998)
 * Paternity soundtrack (Kritzerland, 2014)
 * Pocahontas soundtrack (Walt Disney, 1995)
 * Predator soundtrack (Varèse Sarabande, 1987)
 * Pretty Woman soundtrack (EMI, 1990)
 * Running Scared soundtrack (MCA, 1986)
 * Romeo Must Die soundtrack (2000)
 * Rocky II soundtrack (United Artists/EMI, 1979)
 * Rocky III soundtrack (Liberty, 1982)
 * Rocky IV soundtrack (Scotti Bros., 1985)
 * Reindeer Games soundtrack
 * Shrek Forever After soundtrack (DGC, 2010)
 * Spacejam soundtrack (Warner, 1996)
 * Spiderman 2 soundtrack (Sony, 2004)
 * Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi soundtrack (Walt Disney, 2017)
 * Stuart Little soundtrack (Motown, 1999)
 * Superbad soundtrack (Lakeshore, 2007)
 * Sister Act I & Sister Act II soundtrack
 * Sudden Impact soundtrack (1983)
 * The Adventures of Pluto Nash soundtrack (Beverly, 2002)
 * The Karate Kid Part II soundtrack (Warner Bros., 1986)
 * The Polar Express soundtrack (Reprise, 2004)
 * The Ugly Truth soundtrack (Lakeshore, 2009)
 * The Bodyguard soundtrack (1992)
 * The Color Purple soundtrack (1985)
 * The Odd Couple II soundtrack
 * The Notebook soundtrack (2004)
 * The Shadow soundtrack (1994)
 * Waterboy soundtrack (1998)
 * Waiting to Exhale soundtrack (2000)
 * Return to Me soundtrack (Sony Legacy, 2000)
 * What Lies Beneath soundtrack (Varese Sarabande, 2000)
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit? soundtrack (Buena Vista, 1988)
 * Judge Dredd / Expanded Original Motion Picture Score soundtrack (1995)
 * Young Guns II soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection, 2011)
 * Fandango soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection, 1984)
 * Blown Away soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection, 1994)