Michael Gregory Jackson
Michael Gregory Jackson (also: Michael Gregory ; born August 28, 1953 in New Haven (Connecticut) ) is an American musician ( guitar , vocals , cello , flute , marimba and vibraphone ) of creative jazz , who also works as a fusion musician and singer-songwriter is active.
Live and act
Jackson began playing drums as a child, only to focus on the guitar from the age of twelve. First he worked as a singer-songwriter and played in blues and folk bands before he devoted himself to the creative music of the AACM . He played regularly with Leo Smith , from the mid-1970s also with Oliver Lake , Anthony Braxton , Fred Hopkins , Phil Wilson , George Lewis , Barry Altschul and Muhal Richard Abrams , etc. a. to be heard on the recordings of the Wildflowers Loft Sessions (1976). Then he formed a trio with Anthony Davis and Pheeroan AkLaff . In the early 1980s he turned to rock music and founded the group Signal ; In 1981 he performed in Berlin ( Rockpalast recording). In order not to be confused with Michael Jackson , he now called himself Michael Gregory. At Island Records he released Situation X (1983), but had increasing problems with the music producers and eventually retired to Massachusetts . In recent years he has worked with Stephen Allen , but also again with Oliver Lake. He can also be heard on recordings by Oliver Lake, Pheeroan aKlaff, Nona Hendryx, Amina Claudine Myers , the Coyote Sisters , Louis Guarino and Viva Monroe.
Discographic notes
- Clarity (1976, with Oliver Lake, David Murray , Leo Smith)
- Gifts (Novus / Arista, 1979, with Baikida Carroll , Marty Ehrlich , Jay Hoggard , Jerome Harris , Fred Hopkins, Pheeroan AkLaff)
- Cowboys, Cartoons & Assorted Candy ( Enja , 1982, re-released as The Way We Used to Do It )
- What to Where (Jive / Novus, 1987)
- Towards the Sun (Golden Records, 2003)
- Spirit Signal Strata (Golden, 2017)
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
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| SURNAME | Jackson, Michael Gregory |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gregory, Michael (temporary stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and fusion musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven (Connecticut) |