Ali Jackson (jazz bassist)

Ali Jackson (died 1987[1]), also known as Al Jackson, was a jazz bassist and composer.

His composition "Prayer to the East" was the title track of Yusef Lateef's 1957 album.[2]

In the late 1940s, Jackson was a member of a quartet, the AHJOs, named after the initials of each musician: Ali, "Hac", Joe (tenor saxophonist Joe Alexander) and Oliver, his brother.[3]

He was briefly in the house band at the Blue Bird Inn, led by Billy Mitchell (together with his brother).[3]

In the 1980s he performed in his brother's quintet, which toured and recorded in Europe. The line-up of the Oliver Jackson Quintet that performed in Switzerland in 1984 comprised Oliver Jackson, Arnett Cobb, Irving Stokes, tp - Claude Black, and Ali Jackson.[4]

Jr. Hill, one of Ali's students posted a 1972 article from the Detroit News at www.hamptonplace.com/tcab/ali.htm - His son, Ali Jackson, Jr., is a jazz drummer.

Discography

As sideman

References

  1. ↑ Time keeper: "Drummer Ali Jackson is the man in the hot seat, with the stories to prove it" Metro Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Michael. "Wilbur Harden Discography" Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Björn, Lars Olof (2001) Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60, pp. 126-131. University of Michigan Press At Google Books. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Jazz in Yverdon 1984 Concert: Oliver Jackson Quintet Retrieved 10 July 2013.