John Jackson
Appearances
![Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller [Bonus Tracks]](/cache/JHS/e2/130x130_on-sale_e20801zh2ls.png)
Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller only worked together twice, briefly in 1925 in Erskine Tate's band and four years later in the New York [more]
- List Price: $16.99
- Member Price: $11.98
When Jimmy starts to sing, with a big band, small band or all-star group, every musician swings just a little bit harder. Jimmy is contagious! I consider it a privilege to provide a background in this album for Jimmy Rushing's voice. We didn't want to intrude on his style, simply to provide an accompaniment which would make him free. There were no suggestions as to how we should play behind him. We only knew that in working with Jimmy, we would have to rely on instinct to follow the feeling of the moment, to help him build the mood that he creates in a song. Jimmy is the daddy of them all. -Dave Brubeck
Although associated with the more modern styles of jazz, Brubeck always had a great respect (if not reverence) for the masters of the past. On ten [more]
- List Price: $16.99
- Member Price: $11.98
![Best of Johnny Winter [Columbia/Legacy]](/cache/JHS/f2/130x130_on-sale_f24623qhctt.png)
Columbia/Legacy's 2002 release The Best of Johnny Winter concentrates solely on the guitarist's early recordings for Columbia, which are often (and deservedly) [more]
- List Price: $16.99
- Member Price: $4.98
![Johnny Winter [Expanded]](/cache/JHS/g3/130x130_on-sale_g32038twjlu.png)
Sony Legacy's remastered and expanded reissue of Johnny Winter's self-produced debut album for Columbia Records -- recorded in 1969 -- is nothing short of a revelation. [more]
- List Price: $16.99
- Member Price: $7.99
As Louis Armstrong traversed the globe, bringing jazz to every corner of it, live recordings became the norm. This reissue brings together 1955 concert recordings with the [more]
- Member Price: $20.05
![Black, Brown and Beige [1999]](/cache/JHS/g5/130x130_on-sale_g59000lir15.png)
- List Price: $13.98
- Member Price: $12.95
![Super Session [Bonus Tracks]](/cache/JHS/m6/130x130_on-sale_m65006lpzf2.png)
As the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) had done a year earlier, Super Session (1968) initially ushered in several new [more]
- List Price: $52.98
- Member Price: $47.68
- List Price: $39.98
- Member Price: $35.98
![Kansas City Jazz: 30's and 40's [Acrobat]](/cache/JHS/h8/130x130_h84241hiwig.jpg)
- Member Price: $10.98
Biography
- Born Feb 25th 1924 in Woodville, VA
- Died Jan 20th 2002 in Fairfax Station, VA
- Styles
- Pre-War Country Blues
- Instrument(s)
For much of his life, John Jackson played for country house parties in Virginia, or around the house for his own amusement. Then in the '60s he encountered the folk revival, becoming the Washington, D.C. area's best-loved blues artist. Undoubtedly one of the finest of traditional Piedmont guitarists, Jackson exemplified the songster tradition at its best. His eclectic repertoire embraced the music of his guitar heroes Willie Walker (who once visited his father's house), Blind Boy Fuller, and -- most notably -- Blind Blake. Besides the blues, rags, and dance tunes associated with these masters, Jackson played ballads, country songs, and what he termed "old folk songs," such as "The Midnight Special." His confident fingerpicking, down-home Virginia accent, and contagious good humor marked his performances, live or on record, as something special. A world-class storyteller and party-thrower as well as a National Heritage Award-winning musician, Jackson recorded a half-dozen albums and toured the world as often as he wanted to. He died of liver cancer on January 20, 2002. ~ Barry Lee Pearson, All Music Guide
The Source for Discounted Rare & Essential Jazz Music CDs!
©2010 Jazz Heritage Society. All Rights Reserved.
Jazz Heritage Society - 1710 Highway 35 - Oakhurst, NJ 07755