Brian Jackson 8

Jazz Is Dead's Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad collaborate with Brian Jackson,

legendary American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer known for his

collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron in the 1970s.

One happy thing to be grateful for during otherwise trying times is finally getting to hear and enjoy

new work by a man whose music is familiar to millions even if his name is less so. Indeed, Gil

Scott-Heron continues to cast such a wide shadow that even many of his biggest fans often seem

to forget that there's another name next to his on the bulk of his albums, the name of a man

teamed up with Gil as a teenager and proceeded to ride out the decade as his writing partner,

keyboardist, arranger, and bandleader for their Midnight Band. That man's name is Brian

Jackson.

His considerable backlog of unheard material reveals a still- energetic and still-vital icon of the

music wing of the Black Liberation movement. Prepare to hear from a musician whose work has

contributed to the enhancement of all our lives in some form or another with the latest installment

of the Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge's Jazz Is Dead series.