Performance · Other credits
Paul Jackson
real name Paul J. Jackson
Paul Jackson is credited on 764 releases across 202 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
764
Credits
202
Albums
7
Decades active
705
In collections
Biography
Showing the Discogs bio
American jazz bassist.
NOTE: Not to be confused with session guitarist Paul Jackson Jr..
Born: 28 March 1947 in Oakland, USA.
Died: 18 March 2021 in Japan.
Was an American jazz electric bassist and composer.
Founding member of the jazz-funk band The Herbie Hancock Group who recorded the epic album "Head Hunters" & later released material as The Headhunters in the 1970s. Since 1985, he moved his residence to Japan and continued to be active in many aspects of the Japanese music scene.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
764 releases · 202 albums · active 1969–2025
- Performance · 1,331
- Other credits · 105
- Production · 17
Studios: Wally Heider Studios · Different Fur Studios · The Automatt · The Village Recorder
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
3 Feet High And Rising
1989
Head Hunters
1973
Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
The Infamous
1995
Man-Child
1975
Secrets
1976
Thrust
1974
Mr. Hands
1980
Gangsta's Paradise
1995
V.S.O.P.
1977
Love Symbol
1992
Sunlight
1978
Festivál
1977
Number Ones
2009
Ooooooohhh...On The TLC Tip
1992
Survival Of The Fittest
1975
Bridge Of Spies
1987
Sound-System
1984
Let's Get Serious
1980
Go Too
1977
Greatest Hits
1996
The Joy Of Flying
1979
Steppin'
1975
4, 5, 6
1995
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Herbie Hancock
- The Headhunters
- Eddie Henderson
- Shawn Phillips (2)
- Azteca
- Jestofunk
- Janet
Around the web
See who really made the music.
Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.
Start your shelf →Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.