Anthony Jackson
Overview
Grammy Award
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-nominated American
United States
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electric bass guitar
Bass guitar
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player based in New York City.
Anthony Jackson has been a distinctive voice on the electric bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
ever since he entered the scene in New York City
New York City
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.
He began learning the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
as a teen before switching to the guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, and finally picking up the bass after being influenced by legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson
James Jamerson
James Lee Jamerson was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s , and he is now regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history...
(see "Influences" below).
He was a student of Jerry Fisher (guitar), 1964–65, Lawrence "Larry" Lucie (theory), 1969, Pat Martino
Pat Martino
Pat Martino is an Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, fusion, mainstream jazz, soul jazz and hard bop idioms.-Biography:...
(theory), 1973.
He had live performances in more than 30 countries, and also had more than 3000 recording sessions with more than 500 albums.
In 2010, Jackson has released his first leader album INTERSPIRIT with Greek bassist Yiorgos Fakanas from Abstract Logix.
Jackson initially invented what has now caught on as the “six-string bass
Bass guitar tuning
Bass guitar tuning refers to the pitch adjustments carried out on the individual strings of an electric bass in order to achieve a prescribed arrangement of notes on the open strings....
”, - a bass guitar tuned B-E-A-D-G-C.
