Paul Jackson (bassist)

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

• Black Octopus (1979 Toshiba EMI/Platform)
• Mike Clark & Paul Jackson - The Funk Stops Here (1992 Enja)
• Clark/Jackson/Wagnon - Conjunction (2001 Buckyball)
• Strandberg Project feat. Paul Jackson (2005 Schoots)
• Funk on a Stick (2005 Backdoor)

with The Headhunters

• Survival of the Fittest (1975 Arista)
• Straight from the Gate (1977 Arista)
• Return of the Headhunters (1998 Verve)
• Evolution Revolution (2003 Basin Street Records)
• Rebecca Barry & The Headhunters (2005 LMF)

with Herbie Hancock

• Head Hunters (1973 Columbia)
• Thrust (1974 Columbia)
• Death Wish (1974 Sony)
• Man-Child (1975 Columbia)
• Flood (1975 Sony)
• Secrets (1976 Columbia)
• VSOP (1976 Columbia)
• Sunlight (1978 Columbia)
• Direct Step (1979 Sony)
• Kimiko Kasai Butterfly (1979 Sony)
• Mr. Hands (1980 Columbia)

with others

• Azteca - Azteca (1972 CBS)
• Harvey Mason - Marching in the Street (1975 Arista)
• The Pointer Sisters - Steppin' (1975 Blue Thumb Records)
• Stanley Turrentine - Everybody Come On Out (1976 Fantasy)
• Santana - Festival (1977 CBS)
• Eddie Henderson - Heritage (Blue Note, 1976), Comin' Through (Capitol, 1977), Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
• Sonny Rollins - Easy Living (1977 Prestige)
• Stomu Yamashta - Go Too (1977 Arista)
• East Bay Rhythm - A Little Love Will Help (2001 7Bridges)
• Hiroshi Shinkawa - Primalroots (2000 Aosis)

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...

Sources

• Jazz Times, Volume 37, Issues 1-5. 2007 p. 297
• Yanow, Scott. Jazz: A Regional Exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005, p. 231. ISBN 0-313-32871-4

External links

• Paul Jackson official website