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Official website. Paul Jerome Jackson Jr. (March 28, 1947 – March 18, 2021) was an American jazz electric bassist and composer. He was a founding member of the Headhunters and played on several of Herbie Hancock 's albums, including Head Hunters and Thrust.
Paul Jackson, Funk / Jazz bassist and “Musician’s Musician” passed away March 18, 2021 in Japan. His unique and innovative style, combining deep grooves and responsive improvisation with his band mates created bass lines that moved bodies and minds throughout the world.
Mar 19, 2021 · Paul Jackson, who as bassist for Herbie Hancock 's Headhunters helped secure the first million-selling jazz album, died on March 18 in Japan, where he had lived since 1985. He was 73. His...
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Mar 23, 2021 · Paul Jackson, whose springy and grooving electric bass lines drove much of Herbie Hancock’s pioneering jazz-funk in the 1970s, died on Thursday at a hospital in Japan, where he had lived for...
Mar 19, 2021 · March 19, 2021. Paul Jackson, September 1974 (Soul Train via Getty Images) Paul Jackson, jazz bassist and founding member of Herbie Hancock’s group the Headhunters, has died, according to...
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Born in Oakland, California in 1947, Paul Jackson began playing bass at the age of nine. Considered by many of his teachers to be a musical prodigy, he performed with the Oakland Symphony by the age of fourteen where he expanded his musical interests to include performance levels on bassoon…
Mar 19, 2021 · Paul Jackson, who as bassist for Herbie Hancock's Headhunters helped secure the first million-selling jazz album, died on March 18 in Japan, where he had lived since 1985. He was 73. His death was confirmed on social media by his longtime musical associate, drummer Mike Clark.
