Lee Jackson (bassist)

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Lee Jackson
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Lee Jackson, during the Wolverhampton leg of the Keith Emerson & The Nice tour, October 2002
Background information
Birth name Keith Anthony Joseph Jackson
Born (1943-01-08) 8 January 1943 (age 82)[clarification needed]
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Origin London, England, United Kingdom
Genres Progressive rock, blues, boogie
Occupation(s) Guitarist, singer-songwriter
Instruments Bass guitar, vocals
Years active Since 1960s
Associated acts The Nice, Jackson Heights, Refugee
Notable instruments
Vox V248 bass guitar

Lee Jackson (born 8 January 1943)[clarification needed] is an English bass guitarist and singer-songwriter, known for his work in The Nice, an English progressive-rock band as well as his own band formed after The Nice, Jackson Heights, and finally Refugee with Nice dummer Brian Davison and Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz.

Early life and education

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Career

He first played with unknown bands The Vandykes and The Invaders, and then he joined Gary Farr and the T-Bones, in which he met their organist Keith Emerson. And the two would meet again later to form a band to back american singer P P Arnold, ex-Ike & Tina Turner Revue, who was starting a solo career in England. And then The Nice were born, with guitarist David O'List and Ian Hague on drums, soon to be replaced by Brian Davison. And when Emerson left the band to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer in 1970, he subsequently formed the band Jackson Heights with Charlie Harcourt on guitars, Mario Enrique Covarrubias Tapia on bass and spanish guitars and Tommy Sloane on drums, they soon disbanded after the first album King Progress in 1970. But then Jackson reformed the band with ex-Warriors and ex-Flaming Youth keyboardist Brian Chatton and John McBurnie also on keys and vocals, drummer Michael Giles played drums on the next three albums but the band would tour as a trio without drums. On their last record, "Bump n' grind", another ex-King Crimson Ian Wallace and Deep Purple's Ian Paice shared drums with Michael Giles. And then he formed the band Refugee, the latter with ex-Nice drummer Brian Davison and Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz, that band only published one album before Moraz quit to join Yes. He and Davison reformed The Nice again with Emerson, accompanied by The Keith Emerson Band, for a tour of England in 2002 and a live album Vivacitas was recorded and published that same year.

Lee Jackson has played bass in a New Orleans style rock 'n' roll and jazz band, called The Ginger Pig, based in Northampton, for more than twenty years since returning to the UK. He also formed a small combo called ' Lee Jackson's Barking Spyders' some fifteen years ago with members of a Beatles tribute band called Accrington Stanley.

Jackson has a hoarse singing voice (which has frequently drawn criticism, notably from Emerson[1]) and an almost percussive bass playing style.

Discography

The Nice ;

Studio Albums :

  • 1967 : The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (Immediate)
  • 1968 : Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Immediate)
  • 1969 : Nice (Immediate)
  • 1970 : Five Bridges (Charisma)
  • 1971 : Elegy (Charisma)

Live Albums :

  • 1996 : America – The BBC Sessions (Receiver, 1996)
  • 2001 : The Swedish Radio Sessions (late 1967) (Sanctuary, 2001)
  • 2002 : BBC Sessions (Sanctuary, 2002)
  • 2003 : Vivacitas (Sanctuary, 2003)
  • 2009 : Live at the Fillmore East December 1969 (Virgin, 2009)

Jackson Heights ;

  • 1970 : King Progress (Charisma UK CAS 1018, CAS.1018 - Mercury US SR-61331)
  • 1972 : The Fifth Avenue Bus (Vertigo – 6360 067)
  • 1972 : Ragamuffins Fool (Vertigo – 6360 077)
  • 1973 : Bump n' Grind (Vertigo – 6360 092)

Refugee ;

  • 1974 : Refugee - Charisma Label
  • 2007 : Refugee Live in concert. Newcastle City Hall 1974 - Voiceprint Label - Contains two songs from The Nice era, "The diamond hard blue apples of the moon" and the Bob Dylan song "She belongs to me" as well as songs from the studio album from Refugee.


See also

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References

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External links

  1. ↑ The Nice biography at Allmusic
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