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The young Jackson started drumming at an early age and began playing on stage with his father's band in 1940, at the age of five. He later played in producer and trumpeter Willie Mitchell 's band and at the same time was holding down a chair in the popular Ben Branch Band. In an interview with Drum! magazine, Mitchell recalled,
Jackson learned the essential lessons — how to play, and how not to overplay — on the job. His father, a bassist, was one of the top jazz players in Memphis in 1935, the year of Al Junior’s birth. He led his own 18-piece band, reading charts by Basie and other arrangers of the day.
Mar 29, 2010 · Al, who began playing drums with his father’s big band at age five, had become a local legend in Memphis before he became a steady session drummer for Stax. Prior to signing on to a weekly salary at Stax, Al spent several years in Willie Mitchell’s popular band.
The young Jackson started drumming at an early age and began playing on stage with his father's band in 1940, at the age of five. He later played in producer and trumpeter Willie Mitchell 's band and at the same time was holding down a chair in the popular Ben Branch Band.
Born in Memphis in 1934, he came up with producer Willie Mitchell at the Hi label and played on dozens of hits by Al Green and Ann Peebles, among others. Keyboard player Booker T. Jones, who had played in Mitchell's band as well, considered Jackson the best drummer in Memphis.
Alan "Al" Jackson, Jr. (November 27, 1935 - December 1, 1975) was an American jazz musician and drummer. He formed the funk and jazz group, Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Jackson was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1935. [1] He played drums in recording sessions for many other musicians, including Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. [1]
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Al Jackson, born November 27, 1935 in Memphis, TN, was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter, best known as "The Human Timekeeper" and a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s — a group made up of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals.
