Steve Jay
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Birth name | Eugene Stephen Jay |
Born | (1951-01-26) January 26, 1951 (age 73) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Bassist |
Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, banjo, guitar, keyboards, flute, recorder, vocals |
Eugene Stephen Jay (born January 26, 1951) is an American bassist, best known for working with "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Early life
Jay was born Eugene Stephen Jay in Detroit, Michigan on January 26, 1951. He auditioned for "Weird Al" Yankovic in 1982 after answering an ad in the newspaper, and the two have worked together ever since. Jay can be heard or seen on all of Yankovic's albums, videos, and concerts.
He is also the founder of the ethno-funk duo Ak & Zuie, with Pete Gallagher. He has scored more than fifty nationally broadcast PBS specials and series episodes, including three George Foster Peabody Award winners, and contributed to several feature films. He has also done extensive session work, released eight solo records on his own Ayarou label, and produced two albums for the WEA Nonesuch Explorer series.
Jay's background includes a BA and MM Graduate Fellowship in composition from the University of South Florida in 1972. After completing his studies, he went to Niger and spent two and half years studying drumming.[citation needed] Selections from his archival field recordings of traditional West African ceremonies, dances, and solo performances were made into three albums released by Warner/Nonesuch.
Discography
Nonesuch Explorer Series
- Ghana: Ancient Ceremonies, Songs, and Dance Music
- Dances of the World
- West Africa: Drum, Chant, and Instrumental Music[1]
With "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D
- Dare to Be Stupid
- Polka Party!
- Even Worse
- UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff
- Off the Deep End
- Alapalooza
- Bad Hair Day
- Running with Scissors
- Poodle Hat
- Straight Outta Lynwood
- Alpocalypse
- Mandatory Fun
Solo albums
- Sea Never Dry – 1997
- Film Music – 1998 – a collection of 66 short excerpts from his original film and television scores
- Tangled Strings – 1999[2]
- Self Avoiding Random Walk – 2000
- Outer Voice – 2004
- Rounder Gaze – 2004
- Friction – 2004
- Plus – 2004
- Physical Answer – 2008
- Chaos, Clouds and Tongue – 2011
- Things Change – 2013
- El Natural 7 – 2016
- Spontaneous Symmetry – 2016
- When One Remains – 2016
- So Do I Sadie – 2018
- Vita Beata – 2022
With Ak & Zuie
- Non-Franciscan Duets
Compilations
- Deep Forest
- Late in the 20th Century: An Elektra / Nonesuch New Music Sampler
References
- ^ Originally released in 1976 as Africa: Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music; see West Africa: Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music
- ^ Prior to Tangled Strings, a cassette-only release titled Whatever It Is was made available, containing many of the same songs which were later released on Tangled Strings. When Tangled Strings was released, Whatever It Is was retired.
External links
- Official website
- Uncharted Territory from Global Bass Magazine, December 2001
- Stephen Jay, Bass Player for Weird Al Yankovic, On Playing Live Through Mackie SR1530s from Bass Player Magazine, May 11, 2005
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- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz
- Steve Jay
- Jim West
- Rubén Valtierra
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
- Another One Rides the Bus
- Internet Leaks
- Greatest Hits
- The Best of Yankovic
- The Food Album
- Permanent Record: Al in the Box
- Greatest Hits Vol. II
- The TV Album
- The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "My Bologna"
- "Another One Rides the Bus"
- "Ricky"
- "I Love Rocky Road"
- "Eat It"
- "I Lost on Jeopardy"
- "Like a Surgeon"
- "Yoda"
- "Hooked on Polkas"
- "Dare to Be Stupid"
- "I Want a New Duck
- "Living with a Hernia"
- "Christmas at Ground Zero"
- "Fat"
- "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"
- "Chicken Pot Pie"
- "Smells Like Nirvana"
- "You Don't Love Me Anymore"
- "Jurassic Park"
- "Bedrock Anthem"
- "Achy Breaky Song"
- "Headline News"
- "Amish Paradise"
- "Spy Hard"
- "The Night Santa Went Crazy"
- "The Saga Begins"
- "It's All About the Pentiums"
- "Polka Power!"
- "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi"
- "Albuquerque"
- "Bob"
- "Couch Potato"
- "eBay"
- "You're Pitiful"
- "Don't Download This Song"
- "White & Nerdy"
- "Pancreas"
- "Canadian Idiot"
- "Trapped in the Drive-Thru"
- "Whatever You Like"
- "Craigslist"
- "Perform This Way"
- "Tacky"
- "Word Crimes"
- "Foil"
- "Handy"
- "First World Problems"
- Al TV
- The Compleat Al
- UHF
- The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library
- Alapalooza: The Videos
- Bad Hair Day: The Videos
- The Weird Al Show
- "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection
- "Weird Al" Yankovic Live!: The Alpocalypse Tour
- An Evening of Dementia with Dr. Demento in Person Plus "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Mandatory World Tour
- Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour
- Strings Attached Tour
- The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour
- Discography
- Videography
- Polka medleys
- Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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