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Jack Jackson

Jack Jackson Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Jazz / Other / Western Swing

    Location UK

    Profile Views: 40930

    Last Login: 5/14/2011

    Member Since 9/28/2006

    Record Label DISCONTINUED

  • Bio

    "Unquestionably the Dean of Deejays, Jack Jackson pioneered many of the gimmicks now taken for granted on radio and is regarded as one of the great masters of the turntable by other d.j.'s young and old. He breaks one of the unwritten rules of modern pop radio that all d.j.'s should be as young as their audience--he makes no secret of the fact that he is in his middle fifties, yet somehow (and this is his secret) puts out shows as lively as anyone half his age. His use of humour in his programmes is now widely copied, but few others can match his effects, which he spends hours perfecting in his expensively equipped studio at home. Jack Jackson was born in Belvedere, Kent, and as a young man studied at the Royal Academy of Music before entering show biz as a trumpet player. In the years which followed he played with numerous top bands such as those of Ambrose, Jack Hylton and Jack Payne, before forming his own dance orchestra in 1933. Until the outbreak of World War II he was almost constantly employed at the Dorchester Hotel in London. After the war he decided not to reform his band and turned to compering record shows on BBC radio His methods of presentation were completely revolutionary and after the initial resistance were welcomed as opening new fields of entertainment. These shows set a pattern which every d.j. in Britain--and at sea--owes something to. Jack is an institution in the world of d.j.'s--long may he continue so." Paul's Radio Museum. Jackson Studios was also home to the family label .... .. ..MySpace Layouts.. use ..nUCLEArcENTURy...COM's ..MySpace Profile Editor..!.. ....

  • Members

    Jack Jackson & His Orchestra

  • Influences

    Bix Beiderbecke

  • Sounds Like

    Bix Beiderbecke

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