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Jerry Hey

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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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

14,109 releases · 1,353 albums · active 1976–2026

  • Performance · 38,983
  • Other credits · 1,193
  • Production · 379
  • Mastering · 2

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

Frequent collaborators

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