Randy Jackson Biography

Randy Jackson Profile Biography – Biographyzone.com. Randall Darius “Randy” Jackson (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, June 23, 1956, age 54 years) is a musician, singer, music manager, and renowned record producer in America. Randy Jackson has a blood relationship with Michael Jackson’s name began to soar thanks to his career in the world of drag votes and also he became a judge in the arena of American Idol.

Randy Jackson Profile

Randy Jackson

Birth name	Randall Darius Jackson
Born	June 23, 1956 (1956-06-23) (age 54) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Rock, pop, R&B, jazz/fusion
Occupations	Music producer, musician, television personality
Instruments	Vocals, bass, keyboards
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Columbia
Associated acts	Journey, Boston, Brooke White, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Richie Sambora, Breakfast Club, Bruce Springsteen, Taxxi, Jermaine Stewart, Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Madonna, Blue Öyster Cult, Kimberley Locke

Jackson began building her music career since the early 1980s. His passion in playing music began when he was 13 years old. His experience in the music industry is so diverse, such as he had joined the band Journey, and he once spent eight years as vice president of A & R at Columbia Records, and four years as senior vice president of A & R at MCA Records. Besides focusing on the music field, Randy has also written a book of how to become a superstar in the music business

Randy Jackson Career History
 

Jackson played in bands with Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia. Jackson played on Journey’s 1986 album Raised on Radio. The record, Zucchero and the Randy Jackson Band, was produced by Corrado Rustici who played guitar with Jackson on many albums in the early 1980s. He also played with Billy Cobham.

Richards assembled an all-star band which included Aretha Franklin on piano and lead vocals and Jackson on bass guitar. This song was the fourth track on Aretha’s 1986 album titled Aretha. Jackson can be seen in the song’s video.

In the late 1980s, Jackson was still doing sessions. Jackson was a featured bass guitarist on five songs on Maze’s 1989 “Silky Soul” album.

Jackson was the bass guitarist on the 1991 self-titled Divinyls album (which features the song “I Touch Myself”) as well as featured bassist on several tracks of Tracy Chapman’s 1992 release, Matters of the Heart. That same year, Jackson also played bass on Bruce Springsteen’s hit “Human Touch.”

Jackson played numerous times in Jean-Luc Ponty’s backing band. His credits as a session musician range from playing with Aldo Nova, Blue Öyster Cult, Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Bolton, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Billy Cobham, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Ernie Isley, Billy Joel, Brent Bourgeois, Journey, Richard Marx, George Michael, Stevie Nicks, Imogen Heap, Bruce Springsteen and Roger Waters to playing at the Grand Ole Opry with The Charlie Daniels Band. On March 11, 2008, Jackson released an album produced entirely by himself, titled Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1. In 2009, Randy began working with former Idol finalist Kimberley Locke, producing her 4th album. The lead single, “Strobe Light”, was released March 16, 2010.

Jackson is the manager for the Charlotte, North Carolina based band, Paper Tongues. The band, with the help of Jackson, signed with a major label, A&M/Octone Records. Since 2002, Jackson has been one of the panel judges on the Fox Network reality television seriesAmerican Idol, along with Paula Abdul (from 2002–2009), Simon Cowell (from 2002–2010), Kara DioGuardi (in season 8 and season 9), Ellen DeGeneres (season 9), Jennifer Lopez (season 10) and Steven Tyler (season 10).

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