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Jackson released his second solo album, Funk on a Stick, in 2005. Nine years later, he collaborated with Xantoné Blacq and Tony Match – under the moniker "Paul Jackson Trio" – to release Groove or Die. Jackson stopped touring in 2016 due to unspecified health concerns. Personal life. Jackson's first marriage ended in divorce.
- Musician, composer
- March 18, 2021 (aged 73), Tokyo, Japan
- March 28, 1947, Oakland, California, U.S.
A founding member of the Headhunters under Herbie Hancock, Jackson help form a sound that propelled a new direction in jazz-fusion and funk music and he continues to forge his own unique path for jazz-funk bass playing innovation on his latest outing Funk On A Stick.
The funky “Everything You Got" has a hard-driving rhythm with engaging vocals by Paula Johnson punctuated by an experimental bass solo by Jackson. “In God We Funk" expresses the soul of protest with its intense fusion groove and rap vocals.
Oct 23, 2014 · Paul Jackson is now on 350 radio stations and climbing. Bassist Jackson was one of the founding members of the Headhunters and still tours and records with them on BasinStreet Records. He's put his new CD Funk on a Stick (BackDoor Records) in the ears of millions of radio listeners around the world.
For Immediate Release Urbanzone Productions/Roc Armani Paul Jackson s new CD release, FUNK ON A STICK The great funk bass master, Paul Jackson of...
Mar 23, 2021 · In 1973, inspired by the music of Sly Stone and the Pointer Sisters, and frustrated by many jazz musicians’ habit of dismissing groove-based music offhand, Mr. Hancock started the Headhunters, with...
Apr 19, 2005 · Funk on a Stick by Paul Jackson released in 2005. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
