'More than Music' - it's a vibe, it's a consciousness... it's good times... it's life! Great to finally work with you again, but on the other side of the planet this time, Goo. You are a true master brother. Peace, Brian Jackson (Gil-Scott heron's music architect)
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Brian Robert Jackson (born October 11, 1952) is an American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer known for his collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron in the 1970s. The sound of Jackson's Rhodes electric piano and flute accompaniments featured prominently in many of their compositions, most notably on "The Bottle" and "Your Daddy Loves You" from their first official collaboration Winter in America.
Jackson met Gil Scott-Heron while the two were attending Lincoln University (Pennsylvania). They began a decade-long writing, producing, and recording partnership. Jackson composed most of the music that he and Scott-Heron together performed and recorded.
In 1971, the two released their first album together, Pieces of a Man] with Ron Carter on bass. Other notable albums include Free Will (1972) and Winter in America (1974), which was the first to have Jackson receive co-billing, and which was later described by Barney Hoskyns in UNCUT as "a masterwork of ghetto melancholia and stark political gravitas".
His biggest hit was with Scott-Heron, 1974's "The Bottle". By 1979, they had recorded ten albums, with other unreleased material surfacing on subsequent Scott-Heron releases following their 1980 split.
Jackson continued to be active in the 1980s and 1990s, working with Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Will Downing and Gwen Guthrie. Jackson's first solo album, Gotta Play (released October 2000), included guest performances by Roy Ayers and Scott-Heron. Jackson's other credits include work with Roy Ayers, Kool and the Gang, Janis Siegel (of Manhattan Transfer), Will Downing, Gwen Guthrie, Pete Miser of (Radio Free Brooklyn) on his solo album, Camouflage is Relative, Alabama 3 MOR, and Carl Hancock Rux (Homeostasis).
In 2022, Brian Jackson released his first solo album in over 20 years, This Is Brian Jackson. It was produced by Phenomenal Handclap Band founder Daniel Collás and released on BBE Music.
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released January 30, 2011
Produced,recorded,mixed and masterized by Mr Goo @ Chambre de bonne .ChdB lab|GVA
All tracks Written and Played by Brian Jackson and Mr Goo
Excepted:"Beautiful Mind","Le pont Mirabeau","More Than Music","We Stay Funky":Tracks Written and played
by Mr Goo
Besides the almighty Brian Jackson.
"More Than Music" features talented artists as such as:
Georgia Ann Muldrow and Dudley Perkins (Courtesy of Kentyah Fraser)Cheo jeffery Allen Solder,Kala,Florence Chitacumbi,Ernie Odoom,Lukeny,Dazini,Michael "Warrior G.R.I.O.T" Bonds,Simon K,Phill Wilkinson.
Brian Jackson plays:Rhodes Mark I,Rhodes 54,Clavinet,Moog Prodigy,Korg Polysix,Halion,Piano classic.Alto Flute and Vocals
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