Ronald Shannon Jackson  

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Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 – October 19, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and composer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and producer. Jackson and bassist Sirone are the only musicians to have performed and recorded with the three prime shapers of free jazz: pianist Cecil Taylor, and saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler.

Discography

As leader

• Eye on You (About Time, 1980)
• Nasty (Moers Music, 1981)
• Street Priest (Moers, 1981)
• Mandance (Antilles Records, 1982)
• Barbeque Dog (Antilles, 1983)
• Montreux Jazz Festival (Knit Classics, 1983)
• Pulse (Celluloid, 1984)
• Decode Yourself (Island, 1985)
• Taboo (Venture/Virgin, 1981–83)
• Earned Dream (Knit Classics, 1984)
• Live at Greenwich House (Knit Classics, 1986)
• Live at the Caravan of Dreams (Caravan of Dreams, 1986) AKA Beast in the Spider Bush
• When Colors Play (Caravan of Dreams, 1986)
• Texas (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)
• Red Warrior (Axiom, 1990)
• Raven Roc (DIW, 1992)
• Live in Warsaw (Knit Classics, 1994)
• What Spirit Say (DIW, 1994)
• Shannon's House (Koch, 1996)

(dates are recording, not release)

As sideman

With Last Exit

• Köln (ITM, 1986)
• Last Exit (Enemy, 1986)
• The Noise of Trouble (Enemy, 1986) with guests Akira Sakata and Herbie Hancock
• Cassette Recordings 87 (Celluloid, 1987)
• Iron Path (Virgin, 1988)
• Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe (Muworks, 1989)

With Mooko:

• Japan Concerts (Celluloid, 1988)

With Music Revelation Ensemble:

• No Wave (Moers, 1980)
• Music Revelation Ensemble (DIW, 1988)

With Power Tools:

• Strange Meeting (Antilles, 1987)

With SXL:

• Live in Japan (Terrapin/Sony Japan, 1987)
• Into the Outlands (Celluloid, 1987)

As sideman:

• Albert Ayler: At Slug's Saloon, vols. 1&2 (ESP, 1966)
• Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost: Rare and Unreleased Recordings (Revenant, 1962–70)
• Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head (A&M, 1973, 1975)
• Ornette Coleman: Body Meta (Artists House, 1975)
• Bill Laswell: Baselines (Elektra Musician, 1982)
• Cecil Taylor: The Cecil Taylor Unit (New World, 1978)
• Cecil Taylor: 3 Phasis (New World, 1978)
• Cecil Taylor: One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (hat Hut, 1978)
• Charles Tyler: Charles Tyler Ensemble (ESP, 1966)
• James Blood Ulmer: Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade, 1980)
• James Blood Ulmer: America: Do You Remember the Love? (Blue Note, 1986)
• John Zorn: Spillane (Nonesuch, 1986–87)