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Albert J. Jackson Jr. (November 27, 1935 – October 1, 1975) was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s , a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals .
Nov 5, 2022 · One of music’s murder mysteries that endures to this date is the unsolved killing of revered Stax Volt drummer Al Jackson Jr. The murder of Smalls, right, was allegedly retaliation for the...
Al Jackson, Jr. was the excellent drummer who kept Booker T. & the MG's in line, both on their own recordings as well as on dozens of sessions for artists contracted to Hi and Stax Records.
All of this ruled out pretty much every drummer on earth at that time save Al Jackson Jr. — and it’s everyone’s good fortune that this amazing musician, who transformed America’s idea of rhythm before his tragically premature departure, was on that gig.
Mar 29, 2010 · As they said around Stax, Al was relied on to “put a pocket on it” in order to transform a good song into a great one. And for nearly a decade, the drummer did just that, cranking out solid, creative grooves every day. Jackson’s drumming was powerful, groove-oriented, and deceptively simple.
May 29, 2023 · Al Jackson, Jr., the drummer in the M.G.s, lived just around the corner from the studio. “It’d be two in the morning and we’d call him up, say, ‘We’ve got something going!’ ” Eddie ...
JULY 31, 1975 – Booker T & the MGs drummer and Stax session musician Al Jackson, Jr. is shot in the chest with a .22-caliber pistol during a fracas with his wife, Barbara Jackson, in their Memphis home at 2885 Central Avenue.
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Al Jackson, Jr. was the excellent drummer who kept Booker T. & the MG's in line, both on their own recordings as well as on dozens of sessions for artists contracted to Hi and Stax Records. Born in…. Read Full Biography.
Albert J. Jackson Jr. (November 27, 1935 – October 1, 1975) was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals.
