Jay Graydon Performances

Over the years Jay Graydon has performed in countless TV shows and other events and on this page we will give you a few of them via the streaming videos posted at Youtube as well as other videos from our archives.

The JAY GRAYDON ALLSTARS BAND in Japan 1994 - performing one of the encores, the TOTO super hit PAMELA, to thousands of fans in the enthusiastic crowd!!! Watch Jay Graydon and Sherwood Ball dueling on guitars, Bill Cantos scat singing, Bill Champlin grooving on his Hammond B3, Steve Porcaro dancing and more... 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).

The full DVD with all 20 tracks, 2 audio CDs with the board mix, plus a recent interview with Jay Graydon and Kenji Sano looking back at the gig, is available at HMV Japan.

The JT Super Producers '94 in Japan. David Foster on piano (obviously), Jay Graydon doing his own NOTHIN' YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, Warren Wiebe on backing vocals, Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Bill Reichenbach in the horn section, Gary Grant on trumpet, Chester Thompson on drums, Lee Sklar on bass. More than 10,000 happy music lovers in the audience enjoyed the show.

From the same occasion. David Foster on piano, Jay Graydon on guitar. Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson doing Foster's LOVE LIGHTS THE WORLD. Apart from the musicians already mentioned for the previous video, other musicians och singers are Warren Wiebe, Wendy Moten, Color Me Badd, Lee Ritenour and his wife Anri, Michael Thompson on guitar and Claude Gaudette on keyboards. The orchestra is New Japan Philharmonic and the conductor is Jeremy Lubbock.

A TV show - probably the Alan Thicke TV show "Thicke of the Night" or maybe another TV show called Friday's - live performance in the late 80s with Al Jarreau doing ROOF GARDEN. Jay Graydon on guitar, George Hawkins on bass, Chuck Findley and Larry Hey on horns, Tom Canning on keyboard. Carmen Twillie, Richard Page and Steve George on backing vocals.

From the TV show Friday's - Jay Graydon on guitar obviously, Al Jarreau, Alex Acuna on drums, Tom Canning on piano, Chuck Findley and Jerry Hey on horns, Larry Williams on sax, Bill Reichenbach on trombone, George Hawkins on bass, Lenny Castro on percussion, Richard Page, Carmen Twillie, Steve George on background vocals - in brief THE REAL DEAL - doing WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER.
BREAKIN' AWAY, which is also in this video, was filmed on the same show as in the previous video with ROOF GARDEN with that set up of musicians and background vocalists.

Earth, Wind & Fire doing Jay Graydon's Grammy winning song AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE live. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

Bill Champlin (Chicago, Sons of Champlin) doing the same song during a live performance with Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago. Bill Champlin co-wrote the song with Jay Graydon and David Foster and it was Grammy awarded as BEST R&B SONG in 1979 and it was also Grammy nominated SONG OF THE YEAR. Bill Champlin's version of the song is included on Jay Graydon's album AIRPLAY FOR THE PLANET. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

Very cool video from the Alan Thicke talk and music show THICKE OF THE NIGHT (1983-1984) with Jay Graydon, David Foster, Bill and Tamara Champlin, Tommy Funderburk plus a host of the top-notch musicians of the era doing AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE (note Fee Waybill of the TUBES in yellow pants singing backup vocals). Jay and David were regular performers and artists in this TV show and they wrote the theme song for the show, as well as the opening and closing tunes. Jay also wrote the cues in the show with Tom Canning.
The song AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE (sometimes called AFTER THE LOVE IS GONE) - written by Jay Graydon, David Foster, Bill Champlin - was Grammy awarded as BEST R&B SONG in 1979 and it was also Grammy nominated SONG OF THE YEAR. The version with Tommy Funderburk and Bill Champlin is included on the album AIRPLAY which was Jay's and David's first collaborative project - AKA the "BIBLE" within the AOR and Westcoast Music community.
The song was a huge number 1 hit for Earth, Wind & Fire. Bill Champlin has done another version of the song, which is included on Jay Graydon's album AIRPLAY FOR THE PLANET.

George Benson doing TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND live. This is another Grammy winning song written by Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin and Steve Lukather. Among the musicians in this set up are Dave Garfield on keyboards, Ralph Rickert on trumpet, Brandon Fields (who also played on Jay's BEBOP album) on sax and Steve Taglione on sax and flutes. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

Another take on the same song. Bill Champlin doing TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND live. Apart from Bill himself on lead vocals and Hammond B3, the musicians are Tom Saviano (sax), Jerry Lopez (guitar), Rochon Westmoreland (bass), Tamara Champlin (backing vocals), Kiki Ebsen (keyboards) and Eddie Garcia (drums). This clip was recorded "live" in Germany on Champlin's December 1994 solo tour. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

In the recording studio with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan when they go through the making of the song PEG and explain why Jay was their obvious final choice after turning down 7-8 other guitar players... "and then finally Jay Graydon came in and did it with no difficulty whatsoever" as Walter puts it. (Please note: Jay is performing on the soundtrack that Donald and Walter are playing here, but is not appearing in this video.)

Al Jarreau doing Jay Graydon's song HIGH CRIME in London, England, 1984. This is the title song from the gold certified album HIGH CRIME. The actual live recording from this London concert is also available on CD. Great musicians. Sounds kind of like an Earth, Wind & Fire gig. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

Dionne Warwick doing Jay Graydon's song FRIENDS IN LOVE in a live performance 1983. This song is included on the album FRIENDS IN LOVE and is actually a duet with Johnny Mathis, but Dionne is performing without Mathis in this video. Jay co-wrote the song with David Foster and Bill Champlin. The album also includes two other songs written by Jay Graydon - FOR YOU and WHAT IS THIS. He also produced the album, arranged, engineered and played guitar, synthesizer and percussion. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

El DeBarge singing the wonderful song WHO'S HOLDING DONNA NOW in a rare LIVE performance. The song is written by Jay Graydon, Randy Goodrum and David Foster. It is included on many albums, among them the Ultimate Collection by DeBarge. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

Contemporary Jazz and R&B vocalist Brenda Russell performs the hit single SHE'S IN LOVE before a live audience at BET's Studio II in Washington, D.C. The song is included on the album PARIS RAIN and written by Jay Graydon, Brenda Russell and Mark Portmann. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

Jack Wagner performs his hit single TOO YOUNG on Solid Gold in 1985. The song is included on the album LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT and the songwriters are Jay Graydon, David Foster, Steve Kipner and Donny Osmond. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)

We are not allowed to embed the following video on this page, since the provider's agreement with MTV and the record labels prevents them from allowing embedding of music videos, but if you follow this link you are transferred to a video with Jay Graydon's song LET'S PRETEND in a live concert performed by Al Jarreau. Jay co-wrote this song with Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang (yea, also known as the PAGES). The song is included on the gold certified album HIGH CRIME. (Please note: Jay is not performing in this video.)