RIP Antony Jackson

[snorkie635]

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

This is my favourite photo of him!

 

He's just been told the price of that Fodera! 🤭

[Sté]

One of my favorite:

 

[Owen]

I do not have anything to add about his artistry, but I liked the fact that he apparently specced basses with no strap buttons. Sitting down is the best. 

[lowdown]

 

[Terry M.]

2 hours ago, Owen said:

I do not have anything to add about his artistry, but I liked the fact that he apparently specced basses with no strap buttons. Sitting down is the best. 

Ironically I've recently started bringing my own straps to demo basses in stores.

[Bagman]

4 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

Ironically I've recently started bringing my own straps to demo basses in stores.

I’ve been bringing my own chair 

[Bagman]

AJ was quite involved in the early days of Bass Player USA 

 

He had some forceful opinions 

 

I was able to read and contemplate his thoughts and apply or try them in various musical situations 

 

He was a Principled Ideas man 

[Terry M.]

29 minutes ago, Bagman said:

I’ve been bringing my own chair 

No I've really been bringing in my own strap. My wide Levys one. I've demoed too many basses in the past without them and I always play with one.

[risingson]

I was immensely lucky to have met him in New York back in 2013. I was only in my early 20s and myself and my girlfriend at the time went to Blue Note to watch Hiromi, really just to catch a glimpse of my bass playing hero.
 

Afterwards I managed to sneak upstairs by the dressing room and got talking to Simon Phillips, who I will attest to this day as one of the nicest musicians I have ever met. After chatting for 10 mins or so, I asked whether AJ was still around. SP mentioned that he was famously shy but that he’d see what he could do. 
 

SP proceeded to put his head round the dressing room and explain that he had a really good friend from the UK over that he’d love to introduce. After ushering me in (what a cool bloke for doing that, will never forget it), I got introduced to AJ, who was sitting in this old battered armchair like some demigod. I’d had several cocktails and quite a few beers by this point, but I was dumbstruck and totally lost for words. 
 

He was immensely shy, but so generous with his time. I was a young lad so he seemed genuinely enthused by me knowing virtually everything he’d played on in the late 70s and early 80s. 
 

I was so very sad to learn of my favourite bass player’s passing today but I’m quite certain his legacy will live on for many years to come. He was to my mind the greatest bass player alive, unmatched and unrivalled - subjective I know but something I really do, did believe. 
 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by risingson

[lowdown]

Probably most have seen this interview with AJ, but if not, it's worth 30 minutes of your time.

He joins in with Simon Phillips for the second part of the interview and he was certainly a very fascinating character:

 

 

[Inga]

genuinely very upset to hear the news, he was one of my biggest inspirations and bass idols and will be sorely missed in the music world, RIP