Live concert recordings — solo piano, quartet performances, and concert programs exploring the creative legacies of Canadian and American artists:
Photo by Jamie Johnson
On May 18, 2017, I came back to my hometown to play a mini-concert at the Kiwanis Festival Concert as their special guest. The concert was doubly meaningful: I myself had come up in Ottawa performing regularly at this festival during my formative years as an aspiring classical pianist. It was also my first time back performing in my hometown in many years, and it gave me the opportunity to "vent" a bit about the reign of Trump through the premiering of several new compositions.
On September 23, 2016, I returned to Edmonton's historic Yardbird Suite after many years to play with some fantastic Canadian musicians in a special Tribute to John Coltrane concert in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday that weekend.
A highly deconstructed interpretation. D.D. Jackson (piano), Jim Brenan (saxophone), Jonathan McCaslin (drums), Rubim DeToledo (bass).
I had the pleasure of doing a series of annual solo piano concerts at the Barrie Jazz Festival over several years covering a wide range of musical subject matter. These excerpts are from one such concert, entitled "Canadian Inspirations" — my take on the music associated with or written by Canadian artists, plus a couple of originals from my "A Canadian in New York" suite, commissioned by Celebrate Brooklyn.
D.D. Jackson