Jay Dorfman

In 1969, Jay Dorfman left Marine Park, Brooklyn. Woodstock had already occured and the world was ready for a period of experimentation and questioning established conventions, as this world had never seen before. Dorfman was traveling with a band that he had gotten together with friends from high school. Jay's band had been playing clubs around Greenwich Village in New York during a time that innovative, pop music was beginning to become wildly popular in New York City. Out of small dingy downtown clubs would come the sounds of the artists like Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Zappa.

It was was rare to find more then a dozen people in the audience for some of these bands that are very well known today. Dreams and no small quantity of naiveté fueled Jay Dorfman and his band to head to Germany. Things fell into place at the right time and photographers, photojournalists and record producers were there for his band. Jay Dorfman’s band secured a record contract with EMI Records less than a year after moving to Germany. Their first release was critically acclaimed and brought the band to play clubs all over Europe. Jay's band spent months traveling from club to club playing their new music. Their popularity continued to grow and they opened for well-known acts in bigger venues. The crowds grew, album sales grew and during their time in Europe, they had released four albums. Jay Dorfman and his band decided to take a break from everything in 1975. The band reunited to record its final album and the outcome was the most profound, adventorous, challending time in Dorfman’s life that he will continue to equate with the maturing of his deeper spiritual and creative foundation.