" ... a blues legend.", Pierre Nadeau, Journal de Québec 2006

"... a living ambassador of roots music." Pierre Jobin, Blues Scene Quarterly, Winnipeg Manitoba 2000

"His songs are musical scrapbooks, describing the people and places he has seen, the stories and memories." Michèle Thibeau, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph 2005

In September 28, at the Lys Blues Gala held at the Petit-Champlain Theater in Quebec City, Jay will receive the prestigious Lys Blues Lifetime Achivement Award 2008.

To commemorate this milestone, he is recording his 5th album which will be produced by Bruno Fecteau, pianist and arranger for Gilles Vigneault. This instrumental disc devoted to harmonica will be completed by the end of 2008.