Knutson worked as a member of The Montreal-based band “Hart Rouge”[4] touring and recording on 4 albums from 1988 to 1993.
He also performed and recorded with Carmen Campagne and Connie Kaldor and the Winnipeg-based “Nouveau Station Wagon”.
In 2007 J. Knutson was commissioned by The National Capitol Commission of Canada to write, perform and record a song “1857-un Amour, une histoire”, documenting the 150th anniversary of the founding of Ottawa as Canada's federal capital.
Jay has been involved in the recording of over 50 albums, has won West Coast Music awards and been part of 5 Juno award-winning projects.
Knutson taught for 12 years at Simon Fraser University, instructing a music/physics course entitled “Logarithm and Blues”[5] with Dr. Mike Hayden.