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Brian Jackson
Brian Robert Jackson (born October 11, 1952) is an American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer known for his collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron in the 1970s. The sound of Jackson's Rhodes electric piano and flute accompaniments featured prominently in many of their compositions, most notably on "The Bottle" and "Your Daddy Loves You" from their first official collaboration Winter in America. Jackson met Gil Scott-Heron while the two were attending Lincoln University (Pennsylvania).[1] They began a decade-long writing, producing, and recording partnership. Jackson composed most of the music that he and Scott-Heron together performed and recorded. In 1971, the two released their first album together, Pieces of a Man,[2] with Ron Carter on bass. Other notable albums include Free Will (1972) and Winter in America (1974), which was the first to have Jackson receive co-billing, and which was later described by Barney Hoskyns in UNCUT as "a masterwork of ghetto melancholia and stark political gravitas".[3] His biggest hit was with Scott-Heron, 1974's "The Bottle". By 1979, they had recorded ten albums, with other unreleased material surfacing on subsequent Scott-Heron releases following their 1980 split. Jackson continued to be active in the 1980s and 1990s, working with Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Will Downing and Gwen Guthrie.[1] Jackson's first solo album, "Gotta Play" (released October 2000), included guest performances by Roy Ayers and Scott-Heron.

Songs

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The Bottle (feat. Omar)
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (feat. Black Thought)
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It's Your World (Single Version) (feat. Raheem DeVaughn & J. Ivy)
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Is That Jazz? (feat. Rahsaan Patterson)
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Gotta Play
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Albums

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Of Corners & Bridges

2025
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Gotta Play

2000
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This is Brian Jackson (Instrumentals)

2022
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Mami Wata - Joaquin Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm and Cosmic Arts Remixes

2023
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This is Brian Jackson

2022
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Little Orphan Boy (Two Soul Fusion Remixes)

2022
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All Talk

2022

Singles & EPs

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The Bottle (feat. Omar)

Single • 2025
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It's Your World (feat. Raheem DeVaughn & J. Ivy)

EP • 2025
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Radio Edit) (feat. Black Thought)

Single • 2025
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The Bottle (feat. Carmine Appice & Fernando Perdomo)

Single • 2023
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (feat. Black Thought)

EP • 2025
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Path to Macondo / Those Kind of Blues

Single • 2022
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Is That Jazz?

EP • 2025
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All Talk

Single • 2022

Videos

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Gil Scott Heron - We almost Lost Detroit

HoraceIsaac SoWhatSessions • 12M views
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Gil Scott Heron feat. Brian Jackson - Song of the Wind

VagrantSC • 333K views
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gil scott-heron & brian jackson - delta man (1977) .wmv

MrSpacefunk • 314K views
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Gil Scott-Heron -- The Bottle (Official Version)

downlowpictures • 4.7M views
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Gil Scott-Heron - Your Daddy Loves You

3rd Street Jazz • 650 views
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"The Bottle" Brian Jackson, Kenny Dope, Louie Vega, Omar

The Soul Kitchen • 2.9K views
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Gil Scott-Heron - Peace Go with You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum)

3rd Street Jazz • 2.3K views
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Gil Scott-Heron: Angola, Louisiana (1980)

DustyValleyMusic • 832K views
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It's Your World Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

koz51502 • 218K views

Playlists by Brian Jackson