Jay Saunders
Biography
Jay Saunders (né John Henry Saunders III; born 29 June 1944 Sacramento, California) is an American trumpeter and music educator at the collegiate level. In the 1970s, Saunders was a lead trumpeter with big bands — notably the Stan Kenton Orchestra (early seventies) — and a session musician in the Dallas area. Saunders recently retired from the faculty at the University of North Texas College of Music where he taught jazz trumpet, jazz recordings, and directed the One O'Clock Lab Band.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
123 releases · 22 albums · active 1968–2021
- Performance · 124
- Other credits · 12
- Engineering · 7
- Production · 4
Studios: Brigham Young University · Clowes Hall · Crystal Clear Sound · OnPar Music Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
- Stan Kenton
- Pete Petersen & The Collection Jazz Orchestra
- Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
- Ricardo Arjona
- The Four Freshmen
- Laura Ainsworth
- Various

