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Brian Jackson

Composer, pianist, and flautist Brian Jackson is best known for his consciousness-expanding collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron in the 1970s, and Jackson’s sonic foundations for Scott-Heron’s poetry and lyrics continue to be appreciated and sampled decades later. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 11, 1952, Jackson studied music throughout his childhood, and eventually met Gil Scott-Heron when both were attending Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Jackson initially appeared as pianist on Scott-Heron’s first two albums, but by 1974’s Winter in America, he was given equal bill...