Jay Messina

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American recording and mastering engineer, known to have worked at Record Plant, N.Y.C. and A&R Studios.

ALBUMS

2012, CD, Album, Mustamullah Music, KDM (Krishna Das Music, Inc.)

Philly Sound ~ Much Respect

2002, CD, Album, M & I

Saturday Night Live Band*

Too Hot To Stop The Rock

Кришна Дас*

Поток красоты - Flow Of Grace

Retrospectacle (The Supertramp Anthology)

Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Art Rock

Little By Little

2002, CD, Single, Promo, EMI,

Blues Rock/Pop Rock/Art Rock

2002, CD Cardboard Sleeve,

The Saturday Night Live Band

Detroit Youth Choir

Rockspell Featuring Detroit Youth Choir

2022, CD, Album, Confidential Records NYC,

Ai Kuwabara With Steve Gadd And Will Lee

Live At Blue Note Tokyo

2019, CD, Album, SHM, Verve Records,

Contemporary Jazz

2018, CD, MiniAlbum, Volume Unit Records

Ai Kuwabara With Steve Gadd & Will Lee

Somehow, Someday, Somewhere

Steve Cropper, Lou Marini And The Original Blues Brothers Band* With Eddie Floyd, Joe Louis Walker, Paul Shaffer, Dr. John, Matt Murphy, Joe Morton

The Last Shade Of Blue Before Black

Steve Gadd Band

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Die Filme Von Alejandro Jodorowsky

Soundtrack/Score

Live At JazzFest Berlin

2013, CD, Album, SteepleChase

The Complete Epic Albums Collection

2013, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, 2x CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD,

2012, CD, Album, Perris Records

Standard Influence

The Journey So Far

Mike Mainieri Featuring Charlie Mariano, Dieter Ilg

2010, 2xCD, Album, NYC Records

Steve Gadd And Friends Featuring Joey DeFrancesco, Ronnie Cuber, Paul Bollenback And Edie Brickell

Live At The Bottom Line

Masahiko Satoh Featuring Eddie Gomez And Steve Gadd

Double Exposure (Complete)

Tropea 10: The Time Is Right

Jazz-Funk/Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz

Crème Anglaise

Crème Anglaise

Hard Rock/Pop Rock

Tribute To John Coltrane - Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special + A Tribute To Bill Evans - Live At The Brewhouse

Halfway To Naked

2001, CD, Single, Promo, Universal Records

Contemporary Jazz

Welcome To The Downside

Hardcore/Nu Metal

2000, CD, Album, One Voice (4)

An Evening With Kimiko Itoh

Slash's Snakepit

Been There Lately

Slash's Snakepit

Ain't Life Grand

1999, CD, Album, One Voice (4),

It Was The Best Of Times

1999, CD Special Edition,

At Budokan: The Complete Concert

Standards My Way

1996, CD, Album, One Voice (4),

Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Synth-pop/Easy Listening

Reuben Wilson And The Cost Of Living

Got To Get Your Own

Sophisticated Lady

1995, CD, Album, One Voice (4), Satellites,

Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening/Contemporary Jazz/Synth-pop

Blue Suede Sneakers

1995, CD, Comp, Lightyear Entertainment,

Curtis Fuller's Quintet With Benny Golson, Tommy Flanagan, Ray Drummond, Al Harewood

Blues Ette Part II

1992, CD, Album, One Voice (4)

Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki*

The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Musical/Holiday

The Blues Brothers Band

Live In Montreux

¿Qué Es El Amor?

Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening

Perdiendo El Control

Pop Rock/Ballad

East Meets West

1988, CD, Mini, Single, Columbia

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits

1988, CD, Comp, Club, CRC, Mercury

On Digital Video

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits

Wayne Shorter, Eddie Gomez, Jack De Johnette*, Dave Liebman*, Richie Beirach*

Tribute To John Coltrane - Live Under The Sky

Modal/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

For Lovers Only

Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork

20th Anniversary Tour 1986

Saturday Night Live Band*

Gotta Keep My Eye On You

Is This A Cool World Or What?

Vocal/New Wave/Pop Rock

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Hard Rock/Pop Rock

Dirty Livin' / 2.000 Man

1979, 12", Maxi, Casablanca, Bellaphon

I Was Made For Lovin' You

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Hard Rock/Glam/Disco

Cheap Trick = チープ・トリック*

Cheap Trick At Budokan = チープ・トリック at 武道館

Randy Burns (2) And The Sky Dog Band

Still On Our Feet

The Kenny Drew Trio / Kimiko Itoh

Kenny Drew Trio Live Brewhouse Jazz / An Evening With Kimiko Itoh

DVD-V, S/Edition, NTSC, Eagle Vision, ST2 Video

Roots (8) / The Gadd Gang

Salute To The Saxophone / Digital Live

APPEARANCES +

Alejandro Jodorowsky

El Topo Soundtrack

From Burbank To The Bay Area (Barrio Breaks, East Bay Grease, Folk Funk & More From The Vaults Of Atlantic, Reprise, San Francisco & Warner Brothers Records 1967-1975)

Salsa/Latin Jazz/Soul/Funk/Psychedelic

Harlem River Drive

Harlem River Drive

Three Dog Night

Harlem River Drive Featuring Eddie Palmieri

2024, CD, Album, RE, RM, Sunshine Ave,

2022, CD, Album, Moonjune Records

That's What Happened 1982-1985 (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7)

Аквариум

Modern Sounds in Classical Music

2020, CD, Album, Swerg Music

Buffalo Rock City: Western New York's Tribute To KISS

Reuben Wilson And The Cost Of Living

Got To Get Your Own / Tight Money

2019, 7", Dynamite Cuts,

Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz

We're the Brave

2018, File, MP3, Single, Adventuring

2018, CD, EP, Adventuring

2018, File, MP3, Single, Adventuring

2018, CD, Album, Ropeadope, Uprising Music (7),

Latin Jazz/Salsa

2017, File, MP3, Single, Adventuring

The RCA & Arista Vinyl Collection Vol. 1

2016, LP, Album, RE, RM + LP, Album, RE, RM + LP, Album,, RCA, Arista, Legacy, Sony Music

The RCA & Arista Album Collection

2016, 17x CD, Box Set,

Pop Rock/New Wave/Glam/Art Rock/Noise/Avantgarde/Industrial

Indelibly Stamped

Аквариум

Палёное Виски И Толчёный Mел

2015, File, FLAC, Single, Not On Label (Аквариум Self-released),

2014, 2xCD, Album, JSR,

Contemporary Jazz

Neil Innes & Fatso

Farewell Posterity Tour

2014, 2xCD, Album, Angel Air Records,

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Overtime Music Of Bob Brookmeyer

森の診療所...Featuring Ann Sally

2013, 2xCD, Comp, Song X Jazz

The Pedrito Martinez Group

The Pedrito Martinez Group

Latin Jazz/Timba

2012, CD, DVD, All Media,

Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock

2011, 3xCD, Album, XI Records,

Field Recording/Musique Concrète/Contemporary/Experimental

The Perfect Miles Davis Collection

2011, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Co, Legacy, Columbia,

Bop/Fusion/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop

Original Album Classics

2010, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Legacy, Sony Music, Columbia,

John Lennon / Yoko Ono*

Double Fantasy / Stripped Down

2009, CD, Album, Grappa,

Contemporary Jazz

Coney Island Baby / Berlin

2008, CD, CD, Box Set,

Original Album Classics

2008, Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Punk

Howlin' For Judy

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation

Original Album Classics

2008, Box Set Cardboard sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve, CD Mini Vinyl Sleeve,

Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Punk/Art Rock/Glam/Classic Rock

Jazz-Rock/Pop Rock

EKV* By Firchie*

2007, CD, Album, Comp, Mixed, RM, PGP RTS

Mike Mainieri & Friends

2007, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap, Just Sunshine Records,

Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 1976

Folk Rock/Dub/Punk/Funk/Disco

Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Films Of Alejandro Jodorowsky

2007, 2x CD, Box Set,

Soundtrack/Score

Murray McLauchlan

Songs From The Street - The Best Of Murray McLauchlan

Gimme Luv And Turn On The Light

2006, CD, Single, Promo, Roadrunner Records

The Black Crowes

Freak 'N' Roll ...Into The Fog, The Black Crowes, All Join Hands, The Fillmore, San Francisco

Blues Rock/Southern Rock

A Weakness For Spirits

Devil's Got A New Disguise : The Very Best Of Aerosmith

Rock & Roll/Hard Rock/Classic Rock

One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This

2005, CD, Album, Ltd, 55 Records,

Chesapeake Juke Box Band

Chesapeake Juke Box Band

2004, CD, Single, Promo, Sony Records Int'l

Honkin' On Bobo

Blues Rock/Hard Rock

Here Comes The Zoo

Alternative Rock/Grunge

Breakfast In America

Crime Of The Century

Even In The Quietest Moments...

Pop Rock/Prog Rock

Crisis? What Crisis?

"...Famous Last Words..."

Pop Rock/Prog Rock

Vibeke Saugestad

Into The Shimmering

2001, CD, Album, Columbia, Columbia

Yoshiro Nakamura

2001, CD, Album, Sony Records Int'l,

Breath Of The Heart

Hindustani/Indian Classical

2000, CD, Album, Naxos Jazz

Anthology Of An Unknown

2000, CD, Album, Not On Label

The Little King

2000, CD, Quixotic Records (2),

A Letter From Rome

The Very Best Of Montrose

Aerosmith / Toys In The Attic

2000, CD, CD, Box Set,

Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Classic Rock

Slash's Snakepit

Ain't Life Grand

Crack A Smile... And More!

A Little South Of Sanity

At Budokan: The Complete Concert

Classics Live Complete

Hard Rock/Arena Rock

North From Riverside

1997, CD, Album, Helicon Jazz

Grover Mitchell's New Blue Devils

1997, CD, Album, Quixotic Records (2)

You Win, I Lose

Some Things Never Change

Soft Rock/Pop Rock/Prog Rock

Beautiful Girls

Star-Funk Vol. 22

1994, CD, Comp, Unidisc,

Freestyle/Electro/Hi NRG/Funk/Disco

1994, CD, Album, Muse Records

1994, CD, Marniste Productions

Mike Mainieri & Friends

White Elephant Vol. 2

The Scene Is Clean

Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune

Three Dog Night

Celebrate - The Three Dog Night Story 1965-1975

Live At Mikell's New York

Mike Mainieri & Friends

White Elephant Vol. 1

Aerosmith's Greatest Hits

Hard Rock/Blues Rock

Wasted In America

The Tom 'Bones' Malone Jazz Septet

Standards Of Living

1991, CD, Album, Big World Music,

Contemporary Jazz

What A Way To Go

Contemporary Jazz

The Saturday Night Live Band

Live From New York!

Easy Listening/Funk/Smooth Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock/Big Band

The Blues Brothers Band

Live In Montreux

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Blues Brothers Band

Live In Montreux

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

1989, CD, Album, Who Ring

A Lady With A Song

Rhythm & Blues/Jazz-Funk

¿Qué Es El Amor?

Forbidden Colors

1988, Vinyl SP - Specialty pressing,

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Latin Jazz

Nothing But The Truth

Salsa/Latin/Pop Rock

Jennifer Holliday

Get Close To My Love

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Classics Live! II

Hard Rock/Classic Rock

Brother Where You Bound

Art Rock/Pop Rock

Kill The Bomb (Maten La Bomba)

1984, LP, Album, Peerless, Peerless,

Oh What A Memory We Made . . . Tonight

1984, LP, Album, Stash Records Inc.

Two Steps From The Move

Kill The Bomb (Maten La Bomba)

Terumasa Hino = 日野皓正*

New York Times = ニューヨーク・タイムズ

1983, 7", Single, CBS/Sony,

Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack

1983, Vinyl Pitman,

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Disco

Shawn Weatherly

1983, Vinyl Gatefold,

Terumasa Hino = 日野皓正*

New York Times = ニューヨーク・タイムズ

Melissa Manchester

Terumasa Hino = 日野皓正*

Pyramid = ピラミッド

Horizontal Vertical Band

1981, LP, Album, W/Lbl, Other Media

Karen Lawrence And The Pinz

Girls Night Out

Murray McLauchlan

This Day And Age

The Originals II

1978, LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + Co, Casablanca

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush

Blues Rock/Hard Rock

California Jam 2

Rock & Roll/Hard Rock/Classic Rock

Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Classic Rock

Patti Smith Group

Ask The Angels / Time Is On My Side

1977, 7", Single, Mono, Arista,

1977, Vinyl Winchester pressing,

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush

Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock

So Early In The Spring, The First 15 Years

We Come To Play

Patti Smith Group

1976, Vinyl Peter Pan Pressing,

Garage Rock/Punk/New Wave

1976, Vinyl Pitman Pressing ,

Hard Rock/Blues Rock

Reuben Wilson And The Cost Of Living

Got To Get Your Own

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Toys In The Attic

Hard Rock/Blues Rock

Fusion/Afro-Cuban

Frampton Comes Alive!

1975, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Hard Rock/Classic Rock

Longhorns & Londonbridges

Three Dog Night

Jonathan Edwards

1974, Vinyl RI - Richmond Pressing,

Jonathan Edwards

Have A Good Time For Me

Scraps and Napkins

Folk Rock/Vocal

The Original Blues Project*

Reunion In Central Park

1973, 2x Vinyl Pinckneyville Press,

Blues Rock/Louisiana Blues

Ten Wheel Drive

Ten Wheel Drive

Stardrive With Robert Mason

Intergalactic Trot

Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Hard Rock

1973, Vinyl Indianapolis, Dynaflex,

2 Originals Of J. Geils Band

1973, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, Presswell,

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Book Of Numbers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording

Joe Droukas And His Crazy Man Band

Goodbye Joe Drake

Folk Rock/Pop Rock

Soulful Crooner

Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Classic Rock/Fusion/Lounge

Even A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day

1972, LP, Album, Capitol Records

1972, Vinyl Gatefold,

The Mainline Bump'n'Grind Revue Live At The Victory Theatre Spadina & Dundas Sunday February 27 1972

Merrimack County

Mike Mainieri & Friends

A Different Shade Of Blue

1971, LP, Album, Avant Garde Records (2),

Religious/Acoustic/Folk

Harlem River Drive

1971, 2x Vinyl Winchester Press,

Avantgarde/Experimental

Harlem River Drive

Seeds Of Life (Pt. 1)

Wayfaring Stranger

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation

Alexandro Jodorowsky*

El Topo (Original Motion Picture Score)

Harlem River Drive

Harlem River Drive

1971, Vinyl Rockaway Pressing,

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk

Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan

Peculiar Friends

Booker T. & The M.G.'s*

Rhythm & Blues/Funk

Joe Cuba Sextet

Recuerdos De Mi Querido Barrio (Memories Of My Beloved Neighborhood)

Psychedelic Rock

Up From Georgia

The J. Geils Band

The J. Geils Band

1970, Vinyl PR - Presswell Pressing,

Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues

1969, Vinyl Mercury Pressing,

Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock

The Empire State Building Jazz Orchestra, Buster Williams, Melissa Walker

You'll Take Manhattan

CD, Tony's New York Productions, Tony's New York Productions

The Empire State Building Jazz Orchestra, Buster Williams, Melissa Walker

Blues In The New York Night

CD, Album, Tony's New York Productions, Tony's New York Productions

Forever: An Anthology

Derringer / Sweet Evil

Crime Of The Century

Prog Rock/Pop Rock

Crisis? What Crisis?

Prog Rock/Art Rock

World Radio + Have You Ever Been In Love

Pop Rock/Ballad

Indelibly Stamped

"...Famous Last Words..."

Pop Rock/Prog Rock

Brother Where You Bound

Hard Rock/Pop Rock

Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith

Rock & Roll/Hard Rock/Classic Rock

One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This

Breakfast In America

2005, CD Mini LP Papersleeve,

Honkin' On Bobo

The J. Geils Band

The J. Geils Band

Blues Rock/Pop Rock

Art Rock/Pop Rock/Prog Rock

Slash's Snakepit

Ain't Life Grand

Hard Rock/Pop Rock

Patti Smith Group

Some Things Never Change

1994, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Columbia (2),

Toys In The Attic

Frampton Comes Alive!

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Booker T. & The M.G.'s*

Booker T & The MG's

Booker T. & The M.G.'s

LP, Comp, Unofficial, SAS (6)

LP, Album, Unofficial, Mercury (2), Mercury (2),

Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Three Dog Night

Even In The Quietest Moments...

Pop Rock/Prog Rock