Jay Thomas Discography
Recordings as a Leader
Easy Does It - 1989 - Studio (with Cedar Walton Trio)
Blues for McVouty - 1993 - Studio (with Cedar Walton Trio)
Rapture - 1994 - Studio
360 Degrees - 1995 - Studio
Boy, What a Night - 1998 - Wilke, Live recording
Live at Tula’s- 1998/1999 - Wilke, Live recording
12th and Jackson - 1999 - Wilke, Live recording
Live at Tula’s, II - 2001 - Wilke, Live recording
The Underdog - 2001 - Wilke, From previous live
Blues for JW - 2002 - Wilke, Live recording
Accidentally Yours - 2004 - Studio (with Geoff Keezer Trio)
Streams of Consciousness - 2007 - Studio (with John Stowell)
The Jay Bird - 2010 - Live recording
The Cats - 2012 - Studio
Art of Jazz - 2015 - Wilke live recording
Low Down Hoe Down - 2015 - Studio (with Gary Smulyan)
Bop Live Bop - 2018 - Wilke live recording
I Always Knew - 2018 - Studio (with NewNet Orchestra)
The Promise - 2018 - Studio (with Yuki Hirate)
High Crimes and Misdemeanors - 2019 - Studio (with Matt Wilson)
Upside - 2007/2020 - Wilke live recording
Recordings as a Sideman with Smaller Groups
Aaron Parks - The Wizard
Alan Jones - Spirits
Barney McClure - Not a Day Goes By
Barney McClure - Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Brian Kinsella - Omen
Brian Owen - Unme i
Bud Shank Silver Storm - On the Trail (with Conte Candoli, Bill Mays)
Buddy Catlett - Here Comes Buddy
Chris Amemiya - Jazz Coalescence
Christopher Boscole - Natural Instincts
Chuck Metcalf - Elsie Street (with George Cables)
Chuck Metcalf - Help is Coming
Dan Greenblatt - Stretch
David Friesen - Tomorrow’s Dream
Don Lanphere - The Jazz Alley Tapes
Doug Miller - Regeneration
Herb Ellis - Roll Call (with Jake Hanna, Melvin Rhyne)
James Moody - The Teachers
Jason Bodlovich - Blues For Dexter (with Ray Brown)
Jessica Williams - Jessica’s Blues
Jessica Williams - Joy
Jimmy the Scuffer - d-Bop
Keith Henson - Our Delight
Michael Powers - Full Circle
Mike Strickland - Starry Night
Milo Peterson - Visiting Dignitaries
Norm Bellas - Out of the Norm
Oliver Johnson - Slide and Joy
Origin Arts Compilation - The Piano, Seattle’s Finest
Phil Sheeran - It’s a Good Thing
Randy Halberstadt - Inner Voice
Seattle Horns - Frankie’s Dream
Slim Gaillard - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (with Jay McShann and Buddy Tate)
Sonando - La Rumba esta Buena
Sonando - Sonando
Steve Griggs - Jones for Elvin (with Elvin Jones)
Steve Griggs - Jones For Elvin, Vol. !! (with Elvin Jones)
Steve Messick - Transmissions from Planet Bass
The Albert - The Albert Band (1970)
The Lubag/Wikan Trio - Lubag/Wikan Jazz Trio
Tatum Greenblatt - Tatum
Tony Gable - Seven Hills
Various Artists - The 15th Anniversary Stash Sampler
Victor Noriega - Fenceless
Wataru Hamasaki - Live at Tula’s
Recordings with Singers
Becca Duran - If You Could See Me Now
Becca Duran - In Love Again
Becca Duran - Song For Rita
Greta Matassa - Got a Song That I Sing
Jan Stentz - Forever
Jan Stentz - Profile
Janis Mann - Lost In His Arms
Katie King - Jazz Figures
Katie King - Mostly Ballads
Kelly Harland - 12 Times Romance
Lincoln Briney - 5
Valerie Joyce - Reverie
Recordings as a Sideman and Soloist with Big Bands
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - SRJO LIVE
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - Benny Carter’s Kansas City Suite
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - Jimmy Heath, The Endless Search
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington
Ramsay/Kleeb Band - Red Kelly’s Heroes
Milt Kleeb Orchestra - Something if Nothing Else
Phil Kelly’s NW Prevailing Winds - Convergence Zone
Phil Kelly’s NW Prevailing Winds - Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles
Teo Macero Production - New Brew
Charlie May All Star Big Band - Arrangements of Gaylord Jones
Jim Knapp Orchestra - Things For Now
Jim Knapp Orchestra - On Going Home
Recordings with Japanese Bands
Continued in the Underground Jazz Orchestra or C.U.G.
Continued in the Underground - June 1999
Use Us - April 2002
On the Road - December 2004
Going On the Road - December 2004
Takin’ the Road - September 2007
Road to a Better Planet - April 2010
HOPE - March 2012
Flame of Peace - October 2013
Twenty-five and Counting - March 2014
NOW - March 2016
East-West Alliance Sextet
East West Alliance - October 2006
Band of Brothers - March 2012
Flame of Peace - October 2018
Yoshiro Okazaki and Jay Thomas Quintet
Soul Summit - October 2013