Name: Javon Jackson
Dates: 1965
Description
Rosenberg, M. Pieces of–, p1994. (saxophone)
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed.: (Jackson, Javon (Anthony); b. June 16, 1965, Carthage, MO; tenor saxophonist)
African American National Biography, accessed April 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jackson, Javon; jazz musician, saxophonist; born 16 June 1965 in Carthage, Missouri, United States; studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston (1985-1986); received a MA in music from SUNY Purchase College (2002); joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers; worked with Harper Brothers (1990-1991) and Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra; recorded for Criss Cross, Blue Note and Palmetto (1991); Assistant Professor of Jazz Education at SUNY)