Jazzy Jay

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Jazzy Jay / Jayson Byas / John Byas / Jonathan Bias

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Influential Bronx NY hip-hop DJ, producer, and engineer. Protégé of Afrika Bambaataa. Founder of [l353708].

ALBUMS

Sha-Rock* & Lisa Lee* W/ DJ Jazzy Jay* / Jorun Bombay

Recorded Live At Stevenson High School, Bronx, N.Y., 1981 / 3 Extra Minutes Of Funk

T La Rock & Jazzy Jay / Dimples D.*

It's Yours / Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive)

Mix Master Mike, X-Ecutioners*, Z-Trip*, The Original Jazzy Jay*, Shepard Fairey

Scratch. All The Way Live

The Original Jazzy Jay*

All The Way Live (Scratch US Tour 2002 Denver, Colorado)

2003, CD, Mixed, Scratch Recordings,

T-La Rock* & Jazzy Jay / Nairobi And The Awesome Foursome*

It's Yours / Funky Soul Makossa

Poppa Ron Love / Russell Rush And Jazzy Jay

I'm A Girl Watcher / Cold Chillin' In The Spot

The Original Jazzy Jay*

Cold Chillin' In The Studio Live

The Original Jazzy Jay*

Back To The Lab

Seville Featuring Jazzy J* And Shameek*

Seville Featuring Jazzy J*

Bronx Vice Featuring Red Alert, Grandmaster D (2), Jazzy Jay, Tony D*, Betty Boo

1986, 12", Starlite

Seville Featuring Jazzy J*

Def Jam / Cold Chillin' In The Spot

Son Of Beat Street

Jazzy Jay / Lala*

Son Of Beat Street / Into The Night

T La Rock & Jazzy Jay

Jazzy Jay, Master Bee, Mix Master Dee, Mixmaster Ice, Mr. Freeze

Paterson Nj '81

Cass, Ltd, Num, Not On Label

DJ Jazzy Jay*, Jazzy 5 MC*

Patterson NJ 1981

Cass, Mixtape, Beat Street Recordings

Busy Bee / Baron Zen

Converse X Stones Throw

2009, 7", Promo, Spl, Stones Throw Records, Converse,

I'm Not Playin'

Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials 1979-1991 Volume Four

2005, CD, Comp, Tommy Boy,

Electro Sessions

Egotrip's The Big Playback

Afrika Bambaataa & Family

Universal Future Funk Vol. 1

1998, LP, Comp, Planet Rock Music

Absolutely... The Very Best Of Old School Rap

1997, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Deepbeats,

Go-Go/Electro/Disco

Gangsta Rap / Do What U Gotta Do

1997, 12", Echo International,

Jazzy Style / Check Out Da Flow / It's Rhyme Thyme / I Came To Rock

1996, Cass, EP, Promo, MCT Records (2)

1996, 12", Single, MCT Records (2)

Return To The Ghetto

1994, CD, Comp, Dog Eat Dog,

Didn't I Tell Ya

1994, 12", Juss Fatt Records

Mr. Freeze And The Homewreckers

Cold Wave Of Terror

1993, Cass, S/Sided, Promo, Dem, Not On Label

Mr. Freeze And The Homewreckers

We're Compatible

Mr. Freeze And The Homewreckers

Mr. Freeze And The Homewreckers

1992, 12", EP, Radical Records, Rad. A. Toul Music

Thank God For Busy Bee

The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop

America's Gonna Fall

1991, 12", Incognito Records (2),

Damn! Another Rap Group

Hold That Thought

Hip-Hop Against Apartheid

Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa)

The Original Jazzy Jay

Can't Hold Back

I'm Not Playing

Everything I Do

Express / I Don't Play

There's Nothing Like New York

Can't Hold Back

Afrika Bambaataa And Family* Featuring UB40

Afrika Bambaataa And Family*

I'm Bustin' Out

Coolin' In Cali

The Royalty Ladies*

1987, 12", Sharpp Records

Black, Rock-n-Ron*

That's How I'm Living

1987, 12", TP, Next Plateau Records Inc.

Street Sounds 87-3

Electro/Soul/Funk/Disco

Welcome To The Club

Black, Rock-n-Ron*

That's How I'm Living

Street Sounds Hip Hop 18

Giants Of The City

Lil' Jazzy Jay & Cool Supreme

You're Just The Right Size

12", Sue Records Inc.

12", Promo, Not On Label

Girls / I'm In Effect

2007, 12", Strong City Records

Club Classics 1982-1984 Volume One

Def Jam Classics Vol. 1

I'm Bustin' Out

Afrika Bambaataa & Family

Pop Rap/Electro

Afrika Bambaataa & Family

Coolin' In Cali

The Huge Hefner Chronicles

Warlocks And Witches, Computer Chips, Microchips And You

Legion Of D.U.M.E.

The Very Best Of Easy Street Vol. 2

Party Over Here

Return Of The Funky Man

The Rhyme Syndicate

Black Rock & Ron

Marauder And The Fury

Get Loose Mother Goose / Terminator

1987, 12", Public Records

T.V. Guide / The Jizer / We Came Here

1987, 12", Yamak-ka Records Inc., Yamak-ka Records Inc.

Holy War (Live) / Somethin Different

The Masters Of Ceremony*

Hassan & 7 - 11*

Cus Crate #4 Hip Hop Classic 12" Singles Remastered

2021, 46xFile, WAV, Comp, Not On Label

APPEARANCES +

Live @ Bronx River

2020, File, WAV, Mixtape, 128, Not On Label

Lyrical King (From The Boogie Down Bronx)

Human Element: The World's First Human Beatbox Compilation

2006, CD, Comp, 108 Records

Back By Popular Demand

(Go Michael) Air Jordan

Can't Stop (Till I Reach The Top)

Tales from the Staircase

2023, CD, EP, Shit E. Beets

Proverb The Poet

2009, CDr, Album, Pay Attention Music

Scratch vs. Freestyle [Two Essential Hip-Hop Classics]

2005, 3xDVD, Dlx, Ltd, RM, NTSC, Reg, Palm Pictures, Palm Pictures, Palm Pictures

Matsumoto Hisataakaa

The Baptism Of Razor Blade - Electro Hip Hop Perfect Edit

2005, CD, Mixed, Promo, Delic Records,

Electro/Go-Go/Funk/Cut-up/DJ

Instrumental/Funk/Classic Rock

Handsome Boy Modeling School

Atlantic Records Fall 2004

2004, CDr, Mixed, Promo, Smplr, Atlantic

Handsome Boy Modeling School

Conscious/Jazzy Hip-Hop

Handsome Boy Modeling School

White People Album Sampler

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Volume 1 & 2)

Soundtrack/Electro/Hip Hop

Music Inspired By The Film "Scratch"

Cut-up/DJ/Electro

Various, Doug Pray

Freelance Bubblehead

D.J. Parker Lee* Presents Grandmaster Caz

Grandmaster Caz (Captain Of The Legendary Cold Crush Brothers)

A Prince Among Thieves

From The Crates To The Files ...The Lost Sessions

DJ Honda - Snippets From The Forthcoming Album

1996, Cass, Promo, Smplr, Relativity,

The Untold Truth

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Sally Got A One Track Mind

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Music From The Motion Picture "Class Act"

Soundtrack/Pop Rap/Soul/New Jack Swing

The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Best Kept Secret

1991, Cass, Showbiz Records

Return Of The Funky Man

Afrika Bambaataa And Family*

The Decade Of Darkness 1990-2000

Afrika Bambaataa & The Universal Zulu Nation*

In Conjunction With Music Of Life Presents: Hip Hop Funk Dance Classics Volume 2

Let The Horns Blow

Somebody Like Me

1990, 12", Pelon Records Inc.

I Got Things Sewed

Freedom To Party 1 - The First Legal Rave

Breakbeat/Acid House

Black, Rock & Ron*

Conscious/Boom Bap/Electro

Black Rock & Ron

You Gotta Believe / Do Dat Dance

Kool Krazy Krush

That's The Way That I Swing

1988, 12", Roof Records (2)

Afrika Bambaataa And Family*

Masters Of Ceremony

Masters Of Ceremony

Masters Of Ceremony

Masters Of Ceremony

The Master Move

Action / Young Gifted And Black

Young, Gifted And Black

The Masters Of Ceremony* Featuring Don Barron*

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Volume 2

Soul/Pop Rap/Hip Hop/Disco/Soundtrack

Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

Renegades Of Funk!

Flash And The Furious 5* / Various

Flash It To The Beat / Fusion Beats (Vol .2)

DJ Jorun Bombay*

Rock The Discotek Volume Three

2023, Cass, Ltd, Mixed, Promo, Soundweight Records,

Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap

2021, Box, Comp, Wit + 9xCD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Walkin' On Sunshine (Street Wise/Partytime Singles Collection)

2019, 2xCD, Comp, Octave Lab, Ultra-Vybe, Streetwise, Partytime Records

Ultimate Rappin'

2018, CD, Mixed, Promo, mo'better Records,

DJ Koco a.k.a. Shimokita

Vinyl Make Me Funky (70 Minutes Of Dopeness)

2018, CD, Mixed, Octave Lab,

Hip Hop The Golden Era 1979-1999

2018, 4xCD, Comp, S/Edition, Universal Music On Demand,

2018, CDr, Mixed, Promo, Not On Label,

Raising Hell - Mega Hip Hop Mixtape

2016, Cass, Mixtape, Promo, Sneaker Freaker,

808: The Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Electro/Freestyle/Hip Hop/Soundtrack

The Streetwise Records Anthology

2015, 3xCD, Comp, Harmless,

Soul/Funk/Disco/Electro/Freestyle/Hip Hop

Anthems Hip-Hop II

RnB/Swing/Gangsta/Pop Rap

Brooklyn Bounce DJ* & Mental Madness* / DJs From Mars

Mega Bounce! Spring '11

2011, File, MP3, Mixed, 320 + 46xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Mental Madness,

Trance/Euro House/Hard Trance/Hands Up/Electro House

DJ Seiji (SPC)* / DJ Tama a.k.a. SPC Finest*

Sample Line Relay

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Promo, SPC (2)

The Rap Records - The Mastermix

2010, 3xCD, Mixed, Ful-Fill Recording,

Conscious/Bounce/Hip Hop/Cut-up/DJ/Electro/Gangsta

2010, CD, Mixed, Promo, 11154,

Def Jam 25 (Serato Control Edition)

2009, 2x12", Cle + 5xCD + Box, Ltd, Island Def Jam Music Group, Serato Pressings,

Def Jam Recordings 25th Anniversary

2009, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam 25 (DJ Bring That Back) (Volumes 1 & 2) (2008 - 1984)

Partytime's Greatest 12" Mixes

2008, CD, Comp, Acrobat

Rap History: 1985

2008, CDr, Mixed, Promo, Box, Rap History Berlin,

Broken Beat/Electro/Hip Hop

N.Y.C. Live Throw Down

2007, DVD, Comp, MP3, Madison Square Garage Recordings,

2007, CD, Mixed, Promo, Vinyl7 Recordings,

Breakbeat/Cut-up/DJ

The Fabric Podcast.

2007, File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 128, Fabric (2),

Score/Electro/Hip Hop/Synth-pop/House/Prog Rock

Carlo (2) And Buddy Peace

Commonwealth Kids

2006, CD, Mixed + 7" + Ltd, Num, Paper Soap Street Factory, Gluestick Acoustics Productions,

Downtempo/Boom Bap/Hardcore Hip-Hop/Conscious/Trip Hop

DJ Smooth Denali*

Hip Hop Classics Part 7 - The Breaks

2006, CDr, Comp, Mixed, Mixtape, Not On Label (Smooth Denali Self-released),

Basic Of Hiphop Music

2006, 2xCD, Mixed, Next Entertainment

DJ Rebel (2) & DJ Khalid

The "Real Hip Hop" 1981-1984

2006, CD, Mixed, Promo, Syndicat Du Rythme,

2005, CD, Mixed, Promo, Kemuri Productions Ltd.

DJ D-Sharp ★ DJ Icewater

Can't Stop Won't Stop - The Next Lesson

Life:Styles (Compiled By Coldcut)

Soul-Jazz/Soul/Tango/Disco/New Wave/Roots Reggae/Psychedelic/Rocksteady/Funk

Throwback Attack

Koco a.k.a Shimokita*

Shimokita House (Koco's Collection)

2003, Cass, Ltd, Mixed, Donuts Record

The X-Ecutioners

Cut-up/DJ/Electro/Conscious

Dope On Plastic, Volume 1

2002, CDr, Mixed, Not On Label,

Known Decks Offender

2002, Cass, Mixed, MZEE Records,

B-Boy Stance (Original Old Skool Party Rockers)

The Source Presents Hits From The Vault Vol. 1 - The Pioneers

The Essential Mix

Electro/Trip Hop/Italo-Disco/Bounce/Techno/House/Cut-up/DJ/Acid/Synth-pop

Mix Tape N°8 Speciale Old School

1997, Cass, Mixed, Not On Label

Old School Need Ta Learn'o Plot II

Kings Of Hip Hop

1996, 4xCD, Comp, Spirit Of Dance,

Pop #2 - R&B Vol 2

1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Tidningen Pop

Classic Hip Hop Mastercuts Volume 2

Def Jam Maroon Compilation

1995, Cass, Promo, Infinite Zero, American Recordings

History Of Miami Bass

Electro/Miami Bass

Music Factory Mastermix - Issue No. 19

1988, 2x12", P/Mixed, DJ , Music Factory,

Soul/Disco/Europop/Hip Hop/Cut-up/DJ/Funk

Kick It! (The Def Jam Sampler Volume One)

Go-Go/Soul/Hip Hop

Old School Hip Hop Vol. 4

Cass, Mixed, Mixtape, Passe Passe,

Afrika Bambaataa Presents Universal Zulu Nation*

BX River 1st Annual Black History Month Jam

Cass, United Nations (3),

Old Skool Hip Hop & Electro Volume 3

Cass, Mixed, Second To None

Nile(T/O/N/I/G/H/T) × Mailman

CDr, Mixed, Not On Label

CDr, Ltd, Mixed, Promo, Not On Label,

The Sound Experience Navigator II

Cass, Mixed, Royalty Production

Old School Hip Hop Vol. 4

Cass, Mixed, Mixtape, Tape Kingz

B-Boy Anthems Volume Three

Flash It To The Beat / Fusion Beats Vol.2

Old School Vol.3

The Wild Bunch (Story Of A Sound System)

Magnificent Beatz Mixtape One

2009, CD, Mixed, Unofficial, Not On Label (Nipper)

The Lessons (NY Cut & Paste)

2008, 7x7" + Box, Comp, Unofficial, Madison Square Garage Recordings

Fusion Beats Vol. 2

2008, 7", Unofficial, Bozo Meko Records (2)

Street Sounds Electro The Ultimate Boxed Set

2008, Box, Unofficial + 2xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp, Street Sounds (3), Discophonographia,

The Rub - History Of Hip Hop - Volume 07: 1985

2007, File, MP3, Mixed, Unofficial, 320, Not On Label (Cosmo Baker), The Rub - History Of Hip Hop

Party Over Here

Let's Dance / Fame

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Pop Rock/Glam

Bring The Beat Back Vol. 1

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop

2006, 12", EP, Unofficial, Chemistry Records Ltd (2)

2005, CDr, Mixed, Unofficial, Mecca Audio,

Masters Of Ceremony

Return Of The Funky Man

A Little Something For The Homiez

Take Me On A Ride

2002, CDr, Mixed, RM, Unofficial, Not On Label (DJ Arson Self-released)

Flash And The Furious 5* / Various

Flash It To The Beat / Fusion Beats Vol. 2

Beat Street - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Volume 1 & 2)

1999, CDr, Mixed, Unofficial, Not On Label (DJ Rascal (3) Self-released)

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop

No Rights Given Or Implied: The Original Samplers

Classic Old Skool

LP, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label

CDr, Mixed, RE, Unofficial, Not On Label (Roadium Reissue)

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop

LP, Album, Unofficial, W/Lbl, Not On Label (Diamond D)

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

12", Single, Unofficial, Chemistry Records Ltd (2), Mercury (2)

Legion Of D.U.M.E.

The B Boy Document

Scratch Masters 2

Breakbeat/Electro

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Best Kept Secret

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Sally Got A One Track Mind