
The No.1 Seven String Jazz Guitarist in NYC
Versatile and sophisticated jazz guitarist Ron Jackson has performed, recorded and taught music in over 30 countries. With a varied career as a performer, composer and arranger, Highlights include shows and tours with artists such as Taj Majal, Jimmy McGriff, Larry Coryell, Benny Golson, Oliver Lake, Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller. Ron has been featured as a leader in jazz festivals all over the world, including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Jazz Festivals and Winter Jazzfest, NYC.
Born in the Philippines, lived in many states as a kid, then settled in Harvard, Massachusetts, west of Boston, Ron was initially influenced by rock guitar greats like Jimmy Page, before falling under the spell of jazz and following the style and career of jazz guitar luminaries like Pat Metheny and George Benson. After attending Berklee School of Music on scholarship, studying jazz composition and arranging, Ron spent two formative years in the mid-1980’s living and playing guitar with the lively expat jazz community in Paris, France. Ron moved to New York City where he remains an active participant in Gotham’s always vibrant jazz scene. A master of the six, seven and twelve string guitars, Ron appeared on over 60 albums by such artists as Hal Singer, Graeme Norris, Ron Blake, Gisele Jackson and T.K. Blue, before founding the independent record label Roni Music in 2003 w
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Credits
- Taj Majal
- Jimmy Mcgriff
- Sandra Reeves Phillips
- James Spaulding
- The Boys Choir of Harlem
- Mor Thaim
- Irene Reid
- Hal Singer
- TK Blue
- Sarah Dash
- Gene Anthony Ray
- Cecil Brooks III
- Melvin Rhyne
- Oliver Lake
- Jaki Byard
- Mingus Guitar Tribute Band
- Jimmy Cobb
- John Hicks
- Winard Harper
- Cissy Houston
- Ralph Peterson
- RUSSELL MALONE
- Larry Coryell
- Jack Wilkins
- Don Braden
- Craig Handy
- David Krakauer
- The Metro Mass Choir
- Jeff "Tain" Watts
- Bernard Purdie
- Hank Jones
- Gary Bartz
- Ron Blake
- Little Anthony and The Imperials
- Mulgrew Miller
- Marvin "Smitty " Smith
- Kenny Drew Jr.
- olatunji
- Randy Weston
- Gwen Guthrie
- Rufus Reid
- Akira Tana
- Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers
- Ron Jackson
- Daniel Smith
- Daniel Smith
- Lisa Kirchner
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- Eric Hoffman
- Joris Teepe
- Groningen Art Ensemble
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- Groningen Art Ensemble
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- Groningen Art Ensemble
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- Groningen Art Ensemble
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- Groningen Art Ensemble
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- Lisa Kirchner
- Lisa Kirchner
- Dion Parson
- Lisa Kirchner
- Lisa Kirchner
- Dick Griffin
- Dick Griffin
- Dick Griffin
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- Mary Starr
- Mary Starr
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- Lyman Woodard
- Marvin Gaye
- Buck Owens
- Buck Owens
- Albert Ayler
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- Albert Ayler
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- Bennett Paster
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- Kim Cameron
- Lisa Kirchner
- The Hit Crew
- Sherine Wong
- Sherine Wong
- Sherine Wong
- Gregory Lewis
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- Sherine
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- Lucia Jackson
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