| rdfs:comment | - Jerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician. Hey composed and arranged the song Jedi Rocks for the Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi Special Edition, which was released in 1997. He is known as the Seawind trumpeter and arranger who plays with Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams and Bill Reichenbach.
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| abstract | - Jerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician. Hey composed and arranged the song Jedi Rocks for the Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi Special Edition, which was released in 1997. He is known as the Seawind trumpeter and arranger who plays with Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams and Bill Reichenbach. As a horn arranger (but he also arranges strings), Jerry Hey is one of the main creators of the modern pop and R & B horn sound. Along with the artist known as Tom Tom 84, Jerry Hey is responsible for the sounds that dominated the airways and charts from the mid '70s through the mid '80s. Hey's career spans the '60s through today. His signature horn sound has graced the recordings of artists such as: Frank Sinatra, George Benson, Jimmy Smith, Earth Wind and Fire, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, Maroon 5 and the Pussycat Dolls. Hey was born in Dixon, Illinois, in 1950, to parents well known in the area for their involvement in music. He attended the National Music Camp for two summers. While in college, Hey studied under Bill Adam at Indiana University.
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