Jason Halbert

Jason Halbert (born June 3, 1974) is an American producer, music director,^[1][2] musician, engineer and songwriter.^[3] He has been Kelly Clarkson's music director since 2003, shortly after her American Idol win.^[4][2] He has also served as music director for Nick Carter, Clay Aiken, Justin Guarini^[5] in addition to touring as keyboardist for Paulina Rubio and Reba McEntire.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Jason Halbert
Jason Halbert, Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo NY.Kelly Clarkson Microsoft Show
Background information
Born	(1974-06-03) June 3, 1974 (age 50)
Origin	Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Musical director musician record producer songwriter
Instruments	Piano electronic keyboard keytar
Years active	1994–present
Website	Official website

Halbert began his music career as keyboardist for DC Talk in 1994. He was also a founding member of the band SonicFlood.^[12]

As a record producer Halbert has won a Grammy for his contributions to Kelly Clarkson's Stronger album which won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal album in 2013.^[13][1]

As a songwriter, Halbert has co-written several songs with Kelly Clarkson, including Catch My Breath^[14] and "Cry".^[3] "Cry" was also featured in the Glee Season Three episode "Choke", performed by Lea Michele.^[15]

In 2016 Halbert produced "Piece by Piece" (Idol Version) and also accompanied Clarkson, on piano for the recording. The song was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Solo Performance category.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Along with Todd Mark Evans, Jason is also part of the Nashville-based duo the Brezhnev Society.^[20][21]

Halbert has been noted as an early adopter of Ableton Live in his live performances with artists.^[22]

Discography

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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 [25]
			"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, wurlitzer
	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 [26]
			"People Like Us"	Production manager
		The Smoakstack Sessions v.2		Producer, mixer
2013	Kelly Clarkson	Wrapped in Red	"Every Christmas"	Vocal producer
			"I'll 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 [27]
			"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" feat. Kelly Clarkson	Vocal producer
2016	Kelly Clarkson	—	"Piece by Piece (Idol Version)"	Producer, Piano	Nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance Grammy [25]
	Kelly Clarkson	The Hamilton Mixtape	"It's Quiet Uptown"	Producer
2017	Kelly Clarkson	The Shack: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture	"Love Goes On"	Vocal producer
		Meaning of Life	"Cruel"	Producer, engineer, keyboards, programming
			"Christmas Eve"	Writer, producer, engineer, organ, piano
2018	Dan + Shay	Dan + Shay	"Keeping Score" feat. Kelly Clarkson	Assistant, vocal engineer
	Kelly Clarkson	The Greatest Showman: Reimagined	"Never Enough"	Vocal producer
2021		When Christmas Comes Around...	"Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)"	Writer, producer
			"Merry Christmas (To the One I used to Know)"	Writer, producer
			"Glow" feat. Chris Stapleton	Writer, producer
			"Santa Baby"	Producer
			"Santa Can't You Hear Me" feat. Ariana Grande	Producer
			"Last Christmas"	Producer
			"Blessed"	Producer
			"Christmas Comes Early"	Producer