Paul Jackson (bassist)

Paul Jackson
Born 1947
Origin Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Funk
Instruments bass guitar
Associated acts The Headhunters Azteca Santana
Website Official website

Paul Jackson (born in 1947) is an American jazz bass guitarist and composer. He has played with many of the great jazz artists, most notably playing bass on several of Herbie Hancock's seminal albums, Head Hunters, Thrust, and others.

He was born in Oakland, California and began playing bass at the age of nine. At the age of 14 he performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra and went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Selected discography

Solo / under his own name

with The Headhunters

with Herbie Hancock

with others

Associate credits

Herbie Hancock / George Benson / Freddie Hubbard / Oscar Peterson / Sonny Rollins / Miles Davis / Tony Williams / Steve Gadd / Harvey Mason / Billy Cobham / Alphonse Mouzon / Carlos Santana / John McLaughlin / Al Di Meola / Neil Shawn / George Duke / Al Jarreau / Wayne Shorter / Erroll Garner / Chick Corea / Lenny White / Stomu Yamashta / Stevie Wonder / John Scofield / Sheila E. / Airto Moreira / Flora Purim / Buster Williams / Lee Ritenour / Larry Coryell / Jaco Pastorius / The Pointer Sisters / Tower of Power / Shawn Philips / Patty Labell / Terumasa Hino / Larry Graham / Jan Hammer / Jimmy Smith / Stanley Clarke / Stanley Turrentine / Ray Parker, Jr. / James Gaddson / Pete Escovedo / David Garibaldi / Takehiro Honda / Char / Takayuki Inoue...

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