Brian Robert Jackson (born October 11, 1952) [1] is an American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer known for his collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron in the 1970s.

Half of the power duo Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Brian wrote, arranged and produced nine albums over an eight-year period.

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Half of the power duo Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Brian wrote, arranged and produced over 10 albums over an eight-year period. Time and time again that music has found its way onto over 100 cuts like Common's “The People” (from "We Almost Lost Detroit") and Kendrick Lamar's “Poe Mans Dreams” (from "Peace Go With You, Brother").

2022年6月6日 · It’s been over five decades since teenage piano protégé Brian Jackson first crossed paths with a thin bohemian beatnik named Gil Scott-Heron at Lincoln University, where the man who would go on...

2022年5月25日 · Jackson, 69, will always be known for the decade he spent as musical director alongside the revolutionary poet, musician and activist Gil Scott-Heron. But since the end of...

Brian Jackson is living history – but then, history is still being written. The co-pilot on those stunning Gil Scott-Heron records in the 70s, he helped etch out the jazz-funk rulebook across a series of seminal albums that blended out-there musicianship with driving, deeply physical rhythms, and fiery polemical word-play that would presage ...

2022年5月27日 · Legendary American musician Brian Jackson announces his first solo album in over 20 years, ‘This Is Brian Jackson’, produced by Phenomenal Handclap Band founder Daniel Collás and released on BBE Music.

Brian can’t remember a time where music was not playing in his childhood home. Songs and melodies filled his life from the start and lead to a decades-long career as a musician and composer. Here’s what Brian has to say about PureSound, the essence of …

2023年7月29日 · As Gil Scott-Heron's songwriting and performing partner during the 1970s, keyboardist, composer and arranger Brian Jackson was co-author of some of the most galvanising liberation music of the era.