D.D. JACKSON
newsletter
Emmy Award-Winning Composer/Producer/Jazz Pianist
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Greetings!
It's been a while so I thought I'd update you on some of my recent activities, from an
upcoming duo performance
I'm doing on piano this
Tues
.,
Feb
.
13th
in
NYC
with saxophonist
James Brandon Lewis,
to a
movie
I scored
making its
world
premiere
at the
Cinequest
Film
Festival
next month, and more.
Needless to say, please don't hesitate to
contact me
for any of your
producing
,
composing
,
arranging
and
performing
needs, as I'm always on the lookout for
new
projects
and
potential
collaborations
!
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCE with JAMES BRANDON LEWIS
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I'm excited to be making a rare,
NYC
appearance
on
piano
this
Tues
.,
Feb. 13th
, 2018 at the intimate
Zurcher
Gallery
at
8 pm
(33 Bleecker St., NYC, $15 cover at the door, no food minimum) in a
duo
concert
with rising star
saxist
James
Brandon
Lewis
, with whom I've been eager to collaborate ever since we played together a couple of years ago in a group led by baritone saxist
Hamiet
Bluiett
. It will be a concert featuring our own
originals
, including
several
new
tunes
I'll be
premiering
here for the first time (some written as a form of "venting" over what's going on politically with
Trump
!) I hope you'll come check it out.
More info about the concert and venue here.
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FILM PREMIERE AT CINEQUEST
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A film for which I wrote the
score
, as well as the
songs
with director (and lyricist!)
Alexander
Baack
, will be making it's
world
premiere
at the prestigious
Cinequest Film & VR Festival
next month (if you're in
San
Jose
,
CA
you can get tix here
). "
You
&
Me
" tells the poignant, at times serious, at times funny love story between a man who happens to be blind (played by the affecting
Paul
Guyet
) and a woman who happens to be be deaf (played by Alex's incredibly talented wife
Hillary
Baack
, who also co-wrote the story with Alex). Here's a
teaser
trailer
for the film featuring my
underscore
(myself on
piano
):
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I've also been continuing to write music for
children’s television
and media
, after receiving my
4th Emmy Nomination
last year (for “
Best Song
”), to go with my
win
in
2016
for “
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
”) for the
7 Emmy
-winning show "
Peg
+
Cat
". If you have kiddies, be sure to check out the
premiere
of my
final
Peg + Cat
episode
, "
The
Crayon
Problem
", on
PBS
Kids
on
Feb
.
28
(check local listings!)
Also look out for songs I've written appearing in
upcoming
shows
such as "
Esme
&
Roy
" (
HBO
/
Treehouse
T.V.
in Canada) and "
Sunny
Day
" (
Nick
Jr
.).
Lastly, I can also "report" that my "
Marvie's Song
" (written for
Sesame
Studios
, and featuring my kids on "background vocals"!) has now "gone viral" with
2.8
million
views
on Youtube
...
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Finally, in education I've continued my part-time work
at
Hunter College
, directing
Popular
Music
Combos
and teaching, most recently, courses in
Jazz
Harmony
&
Arranging
,
History
of
Jazz
, and now
Jazz
Improv.
I also
r
ecently brought in
Roots
saxist
Ian
Henrickson
-
Smith
and
Dap
-
Kings
trumpeter
Marcus
Parsley
to talk and play with my Hunter students for a very memorable concert (and I also managed to sneak in some of my own playing on piano!)
This semester I'm also especially excited to have begun teaching
media
scoring
at the
Feirstein
Graduate
School
of Cinema
at
Brooklyn
College,
located impressively on the actual film lot of
Steiner Studios.
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