The son of a military musician, you could almost say music was in his blood, starting off as an 8 year old cornet player with The Band of The Island of Jersey (BIJ).

Although Jason (Jay), started on Cornet, he had already shown an interest in drums, particularly the marching snare and not long after joining BIJ transferred to the drum corps and the percussion section, mostly playing kit, which opened a lot of doors outside of Brass Band, playing in the orchestra for many musical productions in Jersey and UK.

Jay moved to the UK in 2001 and played with Regent Brass, Grimsdyke Brass and The Central Band of the Royal British Legion. On his return to the island in 2005, Jay held percussion/kit positions with the band until he went back to his brass roots taking over the Flugelhorn chair, before becoming Musical Director in 2021.