Jay is the proud recipient of the Yamaha Jazz Scholar Prize and studied with drummers Dave Walsh, =Jeff Williams and Martin France at Leeds College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
jJy has performed throughout the UK, Europe and Asia at festivals and venues including Umbria jazz festival, Jimmy Glass (Valencia), Jazzwerkstatt (Graz), Bimhuis (Amsterdam), die Nato (Leipzig), Pizza Express Dean Street (London) and Paradox (Tilburg).
Jay plays in several creative projects as well as leading his own band Badtrad and contributing as co-leader to Big Bad Wolf alongside Owen Dawson and Mike de Souza.
