American soul/jazz keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, producer, and artist.

Born: 11 October 1952 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

Jackson is well known for his collaborations in the 1970s with artist Gil Scott-Heron, with his Fender Rhodes electric piano and flute accompaniments prominently featuring in many of their compositions – most notably on tracks The Bottle and Your Daddy Loves You, from their first official album collaboration [m=7849] (1974).

Between 1971 and 1980, they collaborated on some nine albums, initially on pioneering labels Flying Dutchman and Strata-East, later moving on to major Arista.

He has released a project here and there, finally returning to prominence once again on the Jazz Is Dead project, specifically [m=2245633] (2021), then going on to release his album [m=2651705] (2022)