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Biography
Jason Halbert (born June 3, 1974) is an American musician, engineer, songwriter, producer and music director. He has been Kelly Clarkson's music director since 2003, shortly after her American Idol win. He has also served as music director for Nick Carter (musician), Clay Aiken, Justin Guarini in addition to touring as keyboardist for Paulina Rubio and Reba McEntire.
Jason began his music career as keyboardist for DC Talk in 1994. He was also a founding member of the band SonicFlood.
As a record producer Jason has won a Grammy for his contributions to Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" album which won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal album in 2012.
As a songwriter, Jason has co-written several songs with Kelly Clarkson, including Catch My Breathand "Cry". "Cry" was also featured in the Glee Season Three episode "Choke", performed by Lea Michele.
In 2016 Jason produced "Piece by Piece" (Idol Version) and also accompanied Kelly Clarkson, on piano for the recording. The song was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Solo Performance category.
Along with Todd Mark Evans, Jason is also part of the Nashville based duo the Brezhnev Society.
Jason has been noted as an early adopter of Ableton Live in his live performances with artists.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | DC Talk | Jesus Freak | "In the Light" | Arranger | |
| 1996 | The Gotee Brothers | Erace | "Celia (Queen of the Senseless World)" | Hammond B3 | |
| "New South" | Rhodes piano | ||||
| 1997 | DC Talk | Welcome to the Freak Show | Keyboards | ||
| Zilch | Platinum | Hammond B3, Moog, Synthesizer, Vocals | |||
| 1999 | Out of Eden | No Turning Back | Keyboards | ||
| Sonicflood | Sonicflood | "Holy One" | Writer | ||
| "My Refuge" | Writer | ||||
| "Carried Away" | Writer | ||||
| "I Need You" | Writer | ||||
| 2001 | Petra | Revival | Co-producer, Keyboards, Programming, Background Vocals | ||
| Sonicflood | Sonicpraise | Producer, Keyboards, Engineer | |||
| Tim Hughes | Here I Am to Worship | Producer, Keyboards, Hammond B3, Programming | |||
| "Here I Am to Worship" | Mixer | ||||
| Tim Hughes, Paul Oakley, Matt Redman, Neil Wilson | All Around the World | Co-producer | |||
| 2002 | Rita Springer | Effortless | Engineer, Mixer | ||
| 2004 | David Ruis | Every Move I Make | Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Programming | ||
| Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | "Beautiful Disaster (live)" | Piano | ||
| 2005 | Bascom Hill | Maybe | Hammond B3 | ||
| Tremolo | Love Is the Greatest Revenge | "Evil Town" | Hammond B3 | ||
| 2006 | Loni Rose | Shine | Keyboards | ||
| Bill Madden | Gone | Hammond B3 | |||
| 2007 | Bleu Edmondson | Lost Boy | Hammond B3 | ||
| Kelly Clarkson | My December | Co-producer, Keyboards, Programming | |||
| "Haunted" | Writer | ||||
| 2009 | Kelly Clarkson | All I Ever Wanted | "Cry" | Writer | |
| "Ready" | Writer | ||||
| 2011 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | |||
| "You Love Me" | Vocal Producer | Won the Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy | |||
| "Standing in Front of You" | Producer | ||||
| "Hello" | Vocal Producer | ||||
| "Let Me Down" | Vocal Producer | ||||
| "You Can't Win" | Vocal Producer | ||||
| iTunes Session | Producer, Piano | ||||
| The Smoakstack Sessions v.1 | Producer, Mixer, Programming, Piano, Hammond B3, Warlitzer | ||||
| Newsboys | Born Again: Miracles Edition | "Save Your Life" | Producer, Keyboards, Programming | ||
| Rita Springer | The Playlist | ||||
| "Come In" | Writer | ||||
| "Make You Happy" | Producer, Keyboards | ||||
| "I Call You" | Producer, Keyboards, Programming | ||||
| "Over I Go" | Producer, Keyboards, Bass | ||||
| "Made for This" | Mixer | ||||
| "The One" | Mixer | ||||
| "Falling" | Producer, Keyboards | ||||
| Robert Pierre | I'm All In | Mixer | |||
| 2012 | Kelly Clarkson | Greatest Hits — Chapter One | "Catch My Breath" | Writer, Keyboards, Programming | |
| "People Like Us" | Production Manager | ||||
| The Smoakstack Sessions v.2 | Producer, Mixer | ||||
| 2013 | Kelly Clarkson | Wrapped in Red | "Every Christmas" | Vocal Producer | |
| "Ill Be Home For Christmas" | Mixer, Piano, Strings, Programming | ||||
| 2015 | Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | "Heartbeat Song" | Vocal Producer | Nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy |
| "Someone" | Vocal Producer | ||||
| "Run Run Run" | Producer, Keyboards | ||||
| "War Paint" | Producer, Programming, Keyboards, Bass | ||||
| "Nostalgic" | Producer, Programming, Keyboards, Bass | ||||
| "Good Goes the Bye" | Producer, Programming, Keyboards | ||||
| "Second Wind" | Vocal Producer | ||||
| Ben Haenow | Ben Haenow | "Second Hand Heart" | Vocal Producer | ||
| 2016 | Kelly Clarkson | "Piece by Piece (Idol Version)" | Producer, Piano | Nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance Grammy | |
| Various Artists | The Hamilton Mixtape | "It's Quiet Uptown" | Producer | ||
| 2017 | Various Artists | The Shack: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture | "Love Goes On" | Vocal Producer |