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Jerry Hey

Dixon, United States

Jerry Hey is credited on 5,264 releases across 1,360 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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5,264

Pressings credited

1,360

Albums

6

Decades active

1,791

In collections

Biography

Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, arranger (horns and strings), 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". 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, and Yumi Matsutoya. He is known as the trumpeter and arranger for Seawind, whose other members have included Gary Grant, Larry Williams and Bill Reichenbach Jr.

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Credited work

5,264 releases · 1,360 albums · active 1976–2025

  • Performance · 12,633
  • Other credits · 402
  • Production · 119
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Sunset Sound · Westlake Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Cherokee Studios

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