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Jason is an artist / renaissance man. His voice writing and production successfully spans many creative frontiers of music and theatre from Pop to Jazz, Hip-Hop to Rock, Soul to Country and beyond. Jason’s one-man show, is filled with socio-political sexual-logical musical parody, confessions, and impersonations.
Jason just completed a year touring as the lead singer for legendary band Blood Sweat & Tears. Jason shared the stage with Michael Jackson as the rap soloist for the hit song “Black or White” in Michael Jacksons 30th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden aired on CBS. He can be heard on Foreigner‘s “Cant Slow Down”, Meatloaf‘s “Bat Outta Hell 3“, The Scorpions “Hour 1″, Frankie Valli‘s “Romancing the 60′s” and backing up Kermit and Miss Piggy in the next “Muppet Movie”. He has sang and beatboxed with Aerosmith on tour and on the Howard Stern re-mix of the hit single “Pink” and has performed with Enrique Iglesias on tour, television and can be heard on his CD “7″. Jason toured Europe and the USA with Oleta Adams, performed with Liza Minelli in “Liza’s Back” at Town Hall and with Ashanti at the Grammy’s. He’s also sung with Ray Charles, Luther Vandross, Mark Anthony, Ricky Martin, Usher, Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle to name a few.
Jason sings 50 + jingles every year. Some highlights include Pepto Bizmol’s “Nausea Heartburn Indigestion” , Mountain Dew’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Taco Bells “Think Outside The Bun”, Subway’s “Eat Fresh”, Bounty’s “Quilted Quicker Picker-Upper”, U.S. Army’s “Be All that You Can Be” and the theme to the cartoon phenomenon “Pokemon” which was a Billboard #1 single played by millions on Guitar Hero and scores the # 1 most viewed/immitated video of all time on YouTube.
As a writer/producer, he co-wrote for the scorpions with Marti Frederiksen, James Michael, and with Eric Bazilian, Russ Irwin and Desmond Child penned the Scorpions anthemic ballad “The Future Never Dies” spearheading their latest concept CD “Hour 1″. He’s produced Billboards # 1 Charting Dance Artist Becky Baeling, “Wicked” Broadway sensation Shoshanna Bean, Michael Weaver in “The New Black”, and co-produced Suzie Mcneil with Marti Frederiksen. He co-wrote the last “Lego-mania” jingle and a song in the Fox movie “Club Dread”, and has supplied songs for MTV’s hit “Rob N Big”. He produced “The What’s Up Show”, his own music/comedy sketch show on Manhattan cable TV which garnered a cult following in NYC. He has co-written two musicals, “BOX” and “Writing Pictures” produced at Hartford’s Bushnell Theatre for Black History month, based on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Toms Cabin”.
Theatrically Jason originated the role of Joe in the award winning world premier of Frank Zappas “Joes Garage” at Open Fist theatre. He also starred in and co-produced the world premier of Ty Taylor’s “The Existents” also at Open Fist. Jason produced and starred in Orchestre Surreal’s “Concerto For the Committed” at L.A.’s prestigious Ford Amphitheatre aired on LA 36 and fronted their 46th Annual L.A. Holiday Celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Theatre, aired on PBS TV. He opened the Premier of “Funny Business” at the Coronet theatre in L.A. to rave reviews. Jason was in “Rent” at the Hollywood Bowl directed by Neil Patrick Harris and the 25th anniversary National tour of “Hair”. He starred as Jesus in Steven Schwart’s “Godspell” at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. and Judas in Webber’s “JC Superstar” at Cherry County Playhouse. He sang along side of Peter Frampton in the “British Rock Symphony” At the Beacon theatre. Jason has been in many Broadway and Off Broadway workshops. He is a member of Michael McElroy’s renowned Broadway Inspirational Voices.
Jason has appeared in many Soap operas, National TV commercials, heard currently in as the Buttmeister announcer in Meet the Spartans ”, and appeared in the Oscar nominated film “Election”.
Currently starring in LA’s groundreaking “For The Record” Series. The Coen Brothers, Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson.
