RIP Antony Jackson

[tubbybloke68]

Just seen this ☹️x

[Mokl]

Yep, same here. Another legend gone, RIP and thanks for the music.

[Bilbo]

The absolute best of the best. So much great music over an incredible career. I got to see him with Petrucciani and Gadd. A memorable experience. Such a talent. He will be sorely missed.

[ezbass]

Nooo! 😢

[Terry M.]

Oh that's so sad to hear. 

[ezbass]

It has been an absolutely crap period for losing bassists of lately  .

[Sté]

😞

Sad day... Just look at him play has made me re-start all my right hand technic from A to Z. I discovered him really with Hiromi and the trio project, and had the chance to see them live. What a music lesson... RIP Mr Jackson and thank you for all.. 

[snorkie635]

We shall not see his like again.

[Japhet]

Huge loss. Virtuoso is probably used too often but AJ definitely was. Going to listen to my favorite bass line now - Donald Fagan's Ruby Baby.

[LLOYDWT]

He, probably more than anyone, kept me playing bass rather than concentrating on another instrument. It took me twenty years, but moving to 6 and thinking of the bass as a contrabass guitar was eye opening, even for ensemble playing.

 

What a legacy.

[ezbass]

 

[ambient]

That's very sad. He was an incredible musician. I was fortunate enough to see him play with Mike Stern in a masterclass at my old uni.

[Misdee]

A titan of the bass guitar, and probably my all-time favourite bass player. Irreplaceable, unique, a one-off, the genuine article. Anthony was a true virtuoso of the instrument, no one else comes close to him. I'm properly upset by this news.

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[Bass Direct]

One of the greatest, we ventured down to London to see him performing with Hiromi in 2015 and it really didn't disappoint!! What a legend!

[chris_b]

Very sad news. I didn't get on with much of his music but I listened to it just the same because of his brilliance on the instrument. This guy was a stunning bass player. 

[SICbass]

A sad loss. It was also interesting how much other musicians, even the likes of Steve Gadd, cited his dedication to each project and willingness to offer truly helpful advice in musical situations. Advice which always proved both helpful and constructive.

[Misdee]

1 hour ago, chris_b said:

Very sad news. I didn't get on with much of his music but I listened to it just the same because of his brilliance on the instrument. This guy was a stunning bass player. 

One of the things I love about AJ is he was brilliant in every genre of music anyone threw at him and he had a different approach for each one. Soul/pop music with the O'Jays, big band jazz with Buddy Rich, singer songwriters like Paul Simon, jazz fusion with so many artists it's hard to know where to start. That would be enough, but I especially loved when he played rock with a pick on albums like Electric Rendezvous by Al Di Meola. He really excelled at that style and he obviously enjoyed playing that way. I read in an interview once that Anthony was a big Entwistle fan and used to practise  with a pick playing along to Who records, as well as Jefferson Airplane. I know that Joe Osborn was also a big influence on his pick playing.

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[DG5]

RIP maestro.

My favourite player, and a true genius. His playing on Electric Rendezvous was outrageous, and made me realise just what you can do with a pick. He took the Jamerson chromatic approach and expanded it into all the artists he played with. I was sad to read he had health issues and had to stop playing; I hope he is at peace now.

[Hellzero]

My personal bass hero.

 

I didn't come to 6 strings bass in the late 90's thanks to him, but Alain Caron, so from the fretless side, but discovered a bit later that Anthony Jackson was the bass player on so many records I liked, so I also started to play a bit of fretted bass and had to have a single cut AJ6 model.

 

I really love his bass approach with Michel Camilo and the trio he formed with Michel Petrucciani and Steve Gadd was simply amazing.

 

I've been listening to Trio in Tokyo in repeat mode since I read this very sad news.

 

I'll switch to the filmed Live in Marciac concert with Hiromi and Simon Phillips tonight, another fantastic musical masterpiece.

 

His bass lines are so inventive, complex without being complicated and dedicated to music that is really extraordinary to have this level of musical knowledge always serving the music and never his ego.

 

A true genius has gone forever.

 

Rest in peace, Anthony.