Jay Azzolina (born December 23, 1952) is an American jazz-fusion guitarist known for his work with the Grammy Award-winning group Spyro Gyra.
He has also performed and recorded with Carly Simon, Donna Summer, The Manhattan Transfer, Herbie Mann, Rickie Lee Jones, and Chuck Mangione.
At the age of eleven, he chose a guitar from his father's music store, and that became his primary interest.
In 1997, he became a member of the John Patitucci Band and appeared on the albums, Past Tense (Double-Time, 2000), Live at One Station Plaza (2002), and The Rolling Stones Project (2005).
Azzolina released the solo album Local Dialect (2007) on Garagista Music.