David Jackson (musician)

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David Nicholas George Jackson (born April 15, 1947 in Stamford , Lincolnshire ), nicknamed Jaxon , is a British saxophonist , flutist and composer who can be assigned to progressive rock .

Life

Jackson is best known for his work with the band Van der Graaf Generator (VdGG), of which he was a member for most of the 1970s and from their reunification in 2005. In September 2006 it was announced that Jackson was leaving VdGG. In addition to his work with Van der Graaf Generator, he has also worked with other musicians (such as with other members of VdGG as the The Long Hello project).

He attended the University of Dundee and was a math teacher teaching primary school students in the UK. He also worked with the physically and mentally handicapped and tried to give them the opportunity to make music with the help of a special method called a soundbeam .

Discography

solo

• Savages (cassette) (1990)
• Hazard Dream Sequence (EP) (1991)
• Tonewall Stands (1992)
• Fractal Bridge (1996)

Singles

• The Night Has A Thousand Eyes / Something Tells Me (1982)
• Straining Our Eyes / Fall To Pieces (1982)
• Grab What You Can / Tell Me / Would I Be The Same / I'd Never Have Known (1982)
• Dangerous Dreams / Opening Doors (1983)
• I Can't Stand This Pressure / Living On The Edge (1984)
• I Can't Stand This Pressure / Living On The Edge / Cover Up (1984)
• Who's Fooling Who / A Grown Man Immersed In Tin-Tin (1984)

DVD

• Guastalla - Live Tonewall & Soundbeam (2003)

Van der Graaf generator

• The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970)
• H to He, Who Am the Only One (1970)
• Pawn Hearts (1971)
• Godbluff (1975)
• Still Life (1976)
• World Record (1976)
• The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome (1977)
• Vital (1978)
• Time Vaults (1982)
• Maida Vale (1994)
• Present (2005)
• Real Time (2007)

With Peter Hammill

• Fool's Mate (1971)
• Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (1973)
• The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (1974)
• Nadir's Big Chance (1975)
• The Future Now (1978)
• pH7 (1979)
• A Black Box (1980)
• Sitting Targets (1981)
• Enter K (1982)
• Patience (1983)
• Skin (1986)
• Out of Water (1990)
• Fireships (1992)
• The Noise (1993)
• Roaring Forties (1994)
• X My Heart (1996)
• This (1998)
• What, now? (2001)
• Clutch (2002)
• Incoherence (2004)

The Long Hello

• The Long Hello (Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, David Jackson) (1973)
• The Long Hello Volume Two (Nic Potter, Guy Evans) (1981)
• The Long Hello Volume Three (David Jackson, Guy Evans) (1982)
• The Long Hello Volume Four (David Jackson, Guy Evans, Life of Riley) (1983)

Further collaborations

• Come Un Vecchio Incensiere All'alba Di Un Villaggio Deserto (with Alan Sorrenti) (1973)
• Dinner At The Ritz (with City Boy ) (1976)
• Sarah Jane Morris (with Sarah Jane Morris) (1988)
• The Single (Grand Opening Song / Minutes Of Peace) (single; with the Wildridings Primary School Choir) (1991)
• Spaced Out (with Magic Mushroom Band ) (1991)
• DemocraZy (with Chris Judge Smith ) (1991)
• Curly's Airships (with Chris Judge Smith) (2000)
• Beams & Bells: Live at the QEH (live with Treloar School & Ballard School) (2001)
• The Music That Died Alone (with The Tangent ) (2003)
• A to Z Healthy Choices (with St. John's CE (Aided) Primary School) (2003)
• Batteries Included (live with René van Commenée) (2003)
• Re-Collage - Live Marzo 2004 (with Tony Pagliuca & Massimo Donà Quintett) (2004)
• Lycanthrope (with Mangala Vallis) (2005)
• Astralasia (with Astralasia) (2011)
• Gridlock (with Mr Averell) (2013)
• In Hoc Signo (with Ingranaggi Della Valle) (2013)
• Another Day (with David Cross ) (2018)

Web links

• Jaxon Tonewall page
• Van der Graaf Generator fansite