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American jazz musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alvin "AJ" Jackson was a jazz bassist.
His first performances were in a high school band with his younger brother, Milt Jackson, Willie Anderson, Lucky Thompson, Art Mardigan, and George Sirhagen, c. 1939–40.[1]
About 1947, he was playing with Tommy Flanagan’s trio with Kenny Burrell,[2] before briefly joining the house band led by Billy Mitchell at Detroit's Blue Bird Inn,[3] before leading it himself in 1955.[4]
The Billy Mitchell-led house band comprised Flanagan, Tate Houston and Milt Jackson, who had just returned from touring with Woody Herman.[4]
While Alvin Jackson was leading the house band at the Blue Bird in 1955 the line-up comprised Yusef Lateef, Donald Byrd, Bernard McKinney, Barry Harris, and drummers Art Mardigan or Frank Gant.[5]
In September 1959, with house drummer Frank Gant, he backed Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse at Detroit's Club 12.[6]
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