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D. D. Jackson: Anthem
by John Sharpe
Pianist/composer D. D. Jackson recently received the Juno Award (“Best Contemporary (Instrumental) Jazz Album”) for his RCA debut ...so far. While that solo outing garnered raves from most critics, I’m not sure they will be as enamored with Anthem. Here, Jackson has decided to enhance his piano playing with organ overdubs, to no good effect. To his credit (and as a sign of his growing clout in the biz), he has also assembled a first-rate, all-star supporting cast featuring Jack ...
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by Mark Corroto
Jazz caveman grunts, “electric instruments bad, acoustic jazz good.” I must confess that of late, I was that Neanderthal jazz fan. I bought into the theory that electricity removed the requirement of musicianship in the music making process. While that may be true for teen rock and lite-jazz, talented jazz musicians can create absorbing and discriminating music with the juice on. Like fellow countryman Oscar Peterson, the Canadian born Jackson can display the pyrotechnically approach to the keyboard. He studied ...
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by Glenn Astarita
Born in Canada and now based in New York, thirty-two year old pianist D.D. Jackson has been receiving much critical praise as the “good” word seems to be getting around rather quickly... And deservedly so! After spending some quality time with saxophonist David Murray, drummer Andrew Cyrille and many other jazz notables, Jackson is literally a star who has risen. On ...So Far the young pianist performs a strong mix of self-penned compositions along with a few jazz classics that ...
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