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Javon Jackson

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Latest Album

Javon & Nikki Go To The Movies

Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni

Albums

Javon & Nikki Go To The Movies

Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni

With Peter Bradley (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni

The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Commentary)

100 Years of Monk

Mark Whitfield, Three's Company, The Jimmy Cobb Quartet, Kenny Rankin, The Fred Hersch Trio, McCoy Tyner, Clark Terry, Christy Baron, Larry Coryell, Buster Williams, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb, Fred Hersch, Joe Henderson, Don Friendman, Lenny White, John Hicks, Ron Carter, Roy Hargrove, Billy Drummon

We'll Be Together Again

Three's Company, Javon Jackson, Ron Carter & Billy Drummond

Burnin' (feat. Christian McBride, Kirk Lightsey & Louis Hayes)

Javon Jackson & Billy Pierce

Singles & EPs

Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (feat. Nikki Giovanni)

Gazelle (feat. Ira Coleman & Horacio El Negro Hernandez) (Thank You, Joe!)

Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, Joanne Brackeen & Javon Jackson

Wade in the Water (feat. Nikki Giovanni)

Featured in

Appearances

The Best of Binaural+

Amber Rubarth, Macy Gray & Camille Thurman

Freddie Hubbard: The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings

Freddie Hubbard

The New Young Lions of Jazz

Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, Joanne Brackeen & Eric Reed

Mamacita (feat. Javon Jackson, Terrell Stafford, Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker) (Thank You, Joe!)

Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, Eric Reed & Randy Brecker

Audiophile Piano Collection

Various Artists

You're Surrounded

Various Artists

You're Surrounded

Various Artists

The History Of Blue Note - Volume 6: The New Era

Various Artists

Various Artists

Compilations

Chesky Records' Best of Ron Carter

Ron Carter, Javon Jackson, Billly Drummond, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Al Foster, Rosa Passos, Mike Stern, Jimmy Cobb & George Coleman

Chesky Records' Best of Jimmy Cobb

Jimmy Cobb, Roy Hargrove, Peter Washington, Ronnie Mathews, The Jimmy Cobb Quartet, Christian McBride, Cedar Walton, Javon Jackson, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Mike Stern & George Coleman

Jazz In The New Harmonic

David Chesky, Billy Drummond, Javon Jackson, Jeremy Pelt & Peter Washington

The Best of New York Sessions: Volume Two

Buster Williams, Bob Belden, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, David Hazeltine, John Hicks, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, Joe Farnsworth, Roy Hargrove, George Mraz, Louis Hayes, Sam Yahel, Mike Stern, Cedar Walton, Nat Reeves, Peter Washington, Billy Drummond, George Coleman, Javon Jackson, David Hazelt

The Best of New York Sessions: Volume 1

Jimmy Cobb, Buster Williams, Bob Belden, The John Basile Quartet, David Hazeltine, Hank Jones, John Hicks, Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove, Joe Farnsworth, Christian McBride, Cedar Walton, Louis Hayes, Sam Yahel, Peter Washington, Nat Reeves, Javon Jackson, Billy Drummond, Ronnie Mathews, David Hazelt

Biography

Javon Anthony Jackson (born June 16, 1965) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He played in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey's death in 1990, and has also played with the Harper Brothers, Benny Green, Freddie Hubbard and Elvin Jones. In his solo career, his music has been a mix of hard bop with soul and funk influences. He became chair of the University of ... Show More

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