Duffy Jackson
Duffy Jackson | |
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Nashville, Tennessee, US | |
| Genres | jazz |
| Instruments | drums |
Duff Clark "Duffy" Jackson (July 3, 1953 – March 3, 2021) was an American jazz drummer.
Career
Born in
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1974–1976). Later in the 1970s he played with Grover Mitchell and did a tour of Europe with the Count Basie Orchestra
.
In the 1980s Jackson worked with
Nashville, TN
in the late 2000s and started to front his own big band.
He died aged 67 in
Nashville, Tennessee, on March 3, 2021.[1]
Discography
As leader
- Swing! Swing! Swing! (Milestone, 1995)
As sideman
With Monty Alexander
- Here Comes the Sun (MPS/BASF, 1972)
- Jamento (Pablo, 1978)
- Look Up (Atlas, 1983)
- Live at the Cully Select Jazz Festival 1991 (Limetree, 1991)
With Sonny Stitt
- Sonny, Sweets & Jaws (Who's Who in Jazz, 1982)
- Sonny's Blues (Who's Who in Jazz, 1983)
- What's New (CMA, 1995)
With others
- Count Basie, Kansas City Shout (Pablo, 1980)
- George Benson, Big Boss Band (Warner Bros., 1990)
- Cleveland Eaton, Strolling with the Count (Ovation, 1980)
- Roy Gerson, That Gerson Person (Jazz Alliance, 1992)
- Lionel Hampton, Made in Japan (Timeless, 1983)
- Jon Hendricks, Freddie Freeloader (Denon, 1990)
- Chubby Jackson, Lucky 7 (Time Is, 1991)
- Illinois Jacquet, Jacquet's Got It (Atlantic, 1988)
- The Manhattan Transfer, Swing (Atlantic, 1997)
- Eddie Miller, It's Miller Time (Famous Door, 1980)
- Grover Mitchell, Meet Grover Mitchell (Jazz Chronicles, 1979)
- Othello Molineaux, It's About Time (Big World Music, 1993)
- Ira Sullivan, The Incredible Ira Sullivan (Stash, 1980)
- Axel Zwingenberger, The Boogie Woogie Album (Telefunken, 1982)
References
- Rick Mattingly, "Duffy Jackson". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
- ^ a b Chinen, Nate (March 4, 2021). "Duffy Jackson, Ebullient Drummer with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and Others, Dies at 67". WBGO. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
External links
- Duffy Jackson discography at Discogs
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