4/14/2010 - It's been a busy and hectic year thus far. In addition to my activities as jazz pianist/composer (including being a part-time faculty member at Hunter College, teaching courses in Popular Music and Jazz History), I have been enjoyably making a transition from constant live performance towards a more manageable schedule involving composing for film and t.v. My most recent projects have included... more>>
D.D. Jackson "Canadian Inspirations"
Live from the Barrie Jazzfest, featuring pieces by Neil Young, J.S. Bach and myself.
Organ Nation demo
Audio - Demo recording of our new collective group featuring myself...
features
DD - the Little Brother
A radio documentary on me from CBC Radio's "Sunday Edition" hosted by Michael Enright and produced by Sam Levene (Used with their kind permission.)

D.D. Jackson - Jazz Pianist/Composer

D.D. Jackson - jazz pianist/composer from D.D. Jackson on Vimeo.

Recorded Jun 30, 2007, an excerpt from my appearance with trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah's "Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra" (DIASPORA) group at New York City's Sweet Rhythm (video by Louis Jackson (no relation!)). It opens with a piano solo:

"Visionaries" student lunch-interview with D.D. Jackson
Watch an interview students at the Rochester Institute of Technology conducted with me as part of their "Visionaries in Motion II" series. I was there presenting excerpts from my opera "Quebecite" with the librettist George Elliott Clarke, and had an excellent discussion with Dr. Mary Lynn Broe's students, and an equally enjoyable music performance the next evening, also featuring George's poetry. For more info on RIT's "Visionaries in Motion II" series, go here.
Download my most recent CD "Serenity Song"...
...for $9.95 (also available via mail order), and receive special Artistshare behind-the-scenes value-added content. Also available for download: "Suite for New York" and "Sigame".
feature downloads
Improvisations on Bach's Goldberg Variations (tribute to Glenn Gould)
From my recent concert at the Barrie Jazz Festival, presented as a part of a concert of "Canadian Inspirations", from Neil  Young to Alanis Morisette (stream the entire second set from the "Canadian Inspirations" concert  here (D.D. Jackson Radio)).
SERENITY SONG
FREE DOWNLOAD. "Serenity Song", the title tune from my new Justin Time CD "Serenity Song" (released on June 20/06). You can also click HERE to order the entire CD as part of my Artistshare Serenity Project Experience.
Trudeau opera - Political Power (opening number)
FREE DOWNLOAD. This is a demo of the opening number of the new opera I'm writing with librettist George Elliott Clarke on Canada's former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. This scene takes place in 1949 just as Mao is taking over and opens with Mao celebrating war; Trudeau then appears out of the shadows expressing a counter-sentiment and they ultimately sing simultaneously on opposite sides of the stage. Mao: Douglas Tranquada; Trudeau: John Lindsay-Botten; myself: piano and all other instruments.
participate
2006 "Serenity Song" Recording Download Participant Offer (128 kbps Mp3)
A very warm welcome to my 2006 "Serenity Song" Download Participant Offer (128 kbps mp3). This new recording comes at a new crossroads in my life, in which the sense of tranquility and security I've experienced of late in my year-old marriage and new home have particularly informed my compositional...