I am a two-time Emmy Award-winning composer, producer, and Juno Award-winning jazz pianist and educator. As a composer, I specialize in writing, arranging, and producing memorable, custom-made music for t.v., film & other media. I consider myself an "artistic problem solver": I strive to get to the essential conceptual truth of what the client is looking for - and to express it in a creative and supportive way. [READ MORE] or [BIO]

fun with Bluiett's Quartet at the Vision Festival Saturday

June 13, 2016 / D.D. Jackson

(l-r): myself, Hamiet Bluiett, Bob Stewart, Hamid Drake (photo by Joyce Jones).

What an honor and privilege to play with the great Hamiet Bluiett again this past Saturday at the Vision Festival, as well as with Hamid Drake on drums/percussion and Bob Stewart on tuba. Bluiett is truly one of the most fearless jazz musician I know, a living breathing monument to embracing the moment and to breaking down all musical barriers (beyond all this, it was also just hugely playful, subversive fun :-))...(thanks also to Joyce Jones for the photo forward!)