JAY GRAYDON and RANDY GOODRUM, having worked together many times in the past, have teamed up as the new supergroup – JaR – and are now releasing their first album – SCENE 29. This album is a melodic masterpiece with songs across the board – a mixture of Pop, R&B, AC, AOR and Jazz. Two years of hard work, writing and recording new material, has resulted in an incredible set of songs with amazing melodies and outstanding playing and singing by these seasoned musicians and accomplished songwriters. The album is superbly crafted, loaded with original, sophisticated, catchy songs, with subtle harmonies and interesting melodic hooks, co-written and co-produced by Randy and Jay. The musical concept is totally new, yet slightly familiar to anyone into the Steely Dan sound, as the songs build on a similar formula with complex jazz-influenced chord structures that are pleasant to the ear with unexpected musical twists, as well as apt, fun and innovative lyrics.

As usual Jay Graydon plays his guitar with elegant and intelligent accuracy and Randy Goodrum, the piano virtuoso, with many international hits over the years, adds to the magic of JaR with his inventive solos, jazzy voicings and exciting lyrical flavors. Further, the groove is mature, featuring both cats’ voices in a harmonious blend – the perfect pair of exceptional musical gifts. More info at www.jarzone.com.

JAY GRAYDON is a music industry veteran, internationally renowned, with many hits over the years. He is a Los Angeles top songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, producer, arranger, engineer, and more – twice Grammy awarded with 12 top five Grammy finalist nominations, among them are for instance the winning R&B songs AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE (also nominated SONG OF THE YEAR) and TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND and the nominations for e.g. the prestigious title “Producer of the Year” as well as a Grammy top five finalist nomination for “Best Engineered Recording”. More info at www.jaygraydon.com

RANDY GOODRUM is an internationally renowned music industry veteran as well, a songwriter who has penned standards (YOU NEEDED ME, which was a Grammy Nominee for “Song Of The Year”, FOOLISH HEART), number one records (OH SHERRIE, BLUER THAN BLUE), and numerous major hits in all areas of music – pop, rock, AC, R&B, and country. He wrote WHO’S HOLDING DONNA NOW with Jay Graydon and David Foster, and IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL for CHICAGO to name a few more hits. Randy is always associated with a unique style and outstanding execution whether in songwriting, producing, or performing. In October of 2000 Randy was inducted into the prestigious Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame. More info at www.randygoodrum.com

Since the release on October 1, the album has been topping the CD BABY sales chart http://cdbaby.com/topnow and you may already know that currently more than 250.000 artists sell their music at CD BABY.

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A few quotes from other musicians after having listened to the songs on this new album:

“You guys have taken the torch from Steely Dan and have run miles and miles ahead” – Steve Lukather
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“JaR’s new album, Scene 29, is gonna’ be one of those albums that you can gauge your “I’m Hip” quotient by how much earlier you’ve heard it than your friends. I think this album will eventually be considered the flagship of the new music. The new music is what is created after the “suits” gave up on the “biz”. Anyway, I’ve known these guys for years and I had no idea that this stuff was in there. Well, now it’s out here and we’re all happy about it. Man, it’s rare to play an album and still have your heart racing an hour later, especially someone else’s album. Good work, guys.” - Bill Champlin
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“Finally some great vocalists and fantastic musicians doing incredible songs. What a welcome sight in todays music scene. There’s nothing like it anywhere out there. Thanks guys.” - Bobby Kimball
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“I use to compare everything recorded in the past 20 years to Donald Fagen’s “The Nightfly”. Now there’s a new industry standard for music, and it’s called … “JaR”! Jay’s astounding guitar wizardry and Randy’s stunning keyboard prowess is the crux of a project filled with brilliant complex harmonic compositions, ear candy smooth vocal performances, and thick transparent sounding mixes. This is soon to be “legendary” recording!” - Tom Hemby
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