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Are there two James Jacksons?


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James Jackson played tenor sax on Joe Liggins's "The Honeydripper" and stayed in Liggins' band into the 1950s. Then, according to Tom Lord's discography, he shows up again in 1966 as part of Sun Ra's Arkestra, and stays with Sun Ra for quite a while. Is this really the same James Jackson? It's a pretty common name -- and in fact, Lord does list several other James Jacksons. It certainly could be the same guy, but I want to make sure.

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My guess is that this is a mistake. Lord's discography is invaluable, but not perfect. I've caught two mistakes previously, which I've sent to him and he's fixed. One was identifying Little Willie Jackson, who played with Joe Liggins's band, as Willis Jackson -- only on one recording. The other was getting Alvin "Red" Tyler's name wrong -- again, just on one recording -- listing him as Red Taylor. I will write him about this.

And, before posting this, I went and checked the site again. I had written him, just yesterday, to question the James Jackson - Sun Ra listing, and checking just now, it has already been fixed. The guy is good.

 

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