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| Ali Jackson Jr. | |
|---|---|
 Ali Jackson, 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1976-04-03) April 3, 1976 (age 48) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, Ancestral, Afro-Cuban |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Composer, Arranger, Educator |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, classical percussion, piano |
| Labels | BigWenzee |
| Website | alidrums |
Ali Jackson Jr. (born April 3, 1976) is an American drummer, musician, composer, arranger, educator, and percussionist. Son of Ali Jackson. Jackson started playing drums at the age of 2.
Jackson received a steady stream of lessons and mentoring from a range of artists including Max Roach, Milt Hinton, Dr. Donald Byrd, Betty Carter, Aretha Franklin and James Mtume. During one lesson when he was 12, Ali met Wynton Marsalis and impressed the trumpet player.
Jackson graduated as a music major with high honors from Detroit’s Cass Technical High School.
As a student at the New School University for Contemporary Music in New York City, he studied with Max Roach and Elvin Jones. He attended college on a full academic scholarship, earning an undergraduate degree in music composition. In 1994, Jackson was selected as the guest soloist for the Beacons of Jazz program honoring jazz drummer Max Roach. The Thelonious Monk Institute and Jazz Aspen selected him to participate in the first annual Jazz Aspen for gifted and talented musicians. Jackson was also the first recipient of the state of Michigan’s Artserv Emerging Artist award in 1998.
Jackson is from Detroit. A reviewer for The New York Times in 2009 wrote that "Jackson generates a subtle but irresistible force when he plays, making even the smallest gestures advance his agenda of locomotion."
Personal
Ali is the father of professional soccer player Aziel Jackson.
Discography
As leader or co-leader
- Groove at Jazz en Tete (Blue Geodesics, 2000)
- Gold Sounds with James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Reginald Veal (Brown Brothers, 2005)
- Big Brown Get Down Vol.1 (BigWenzee Music, 2007)
- Wheelz Keep Rollin' (BigWenzee Music, 2008)
- Yes! (2012) with Yes! Trio (Aaron Goldberg & Omer Avital)
- Amalgamations (Sunnyside, 2014)
- Groove Du Jour (2019) with Yes! Trio
- Big Brown Get Down Vol. 2 (BigWenzee Music, 2021)
As sideman
With Buster Williams
- Joined at the Hip (2002)
With Craig Handy
- Reflections in Change (Sirocco Music, 1999)
- Flow (2000)
With Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
- Congo Square (2007)
- Portrait in Seven Shades composed by Ted Nash (2010) Grammy Winner
- Vitoria Suite (2010)
- Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues (2011)
- Live in Cuba (2015)
- Big Band Holidays (2015)
- The Abyssinian Mass" (2016)
- The Music of John Lewis (2017)
- Handful of Keys (2017)
- Una Noche con Rubén Blades (2018)
- Big Band Holidays (2019)
- Sherman Irby's Inferno (2020)
- The Music of Wayne Shorter feat. Wayne Shorter (2020)
With Wynton Marsalis
- The Magic Hour (2004)
- From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (2007)
- Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles (2009)
- Two Men with Blues (2009) with Willie Nelson
- He and She (2009)
- From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac (2010) with Richard Galliano
With Joshua Redman
- Back East (2007)
With Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Deep Song (2005)
With others
- Last Chance for Common Sense, Rodney Kendrick (1997)
- I Got Next, KRS-One (1997)
- Gunn Fu, Russell Gunn (1997)
- Blues for the New Millennium, Marcus Roberts (1997)
- Into the Blue, Emmanuel Pahud and Jacky Terrasson (2003)
- Irreplaceable, George Benson (2004)
- The Ancient Art of Giving, Omer Avital (2006)
- Noir, Anat Cohen (2007)
- Live at Yoshi's (2010), Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Spirityouall, Bobby McFerrin (2013)
- 53, Jacky Terrasson (2019)
References
- ^ Chinen, Nate (August 19, 2009). "Bops, Hums and Pings, Turned into Jazz". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- "When it comes to music, soccer or life, Loons teenager is beyond his years". Star Tribune.
- ^ "Recordings | Ali Jackson". alidrums.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
External links
Categories:- American jazz drummers
- Cass Technical High School alumni
- Living people
- 1976 births
- Jazz musicians from Detroit
- Jazz musicians from New York (state)
- 20th-century American drummers
- American male drummers
- 21st-century American drummers
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians