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Paul Jackson was born in Oakland, California on March 28, 1947 and began playing bass at the age of nine. By age 14, he performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra and went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
He recorded five albums as a leader, eleven albums with Herbie Hancock, five with The Headhunters. He played on recording sessions with Sonny Rollins, Stanley Turrentine, Azteca, Eddie Henderson, Harvey Mason, The Pointer Sisters, Santana, Shawn Phillips, Stomu Yamashta between 1972 and 1977.
Electric bassist Paul Jackson passed away on March 18, 2021 at age 73 in a hospital near Tokyo, Japan, ten days before his 74th birthday.
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