A comprehensive archive of live performances, spanning over three decades as bandleader, sideman, and more.
with “The Roots”
John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, Madison Square Garden, Dec 2015 (also broadcast on AMC)
Dave Chappelle and the Roots at Radio City Music Hall (orchestral arranger, performer), June 2014
“And Then You Shoot Your Cousin” album launch (arranger, performer), Public Theater, NYC, May 2014
with Milford Graves
Guelph Jazz Festival (with Kidd Jordan), Sept 2014
Sons d’Hiver Festival, Paris, France, Feb 2014
Vision Festival, NYC, June 2013
Vision Festival, NYC, June 2009
with drummer Questlove of “The Roots”
“Shuffle Culture”: Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 2012 (piano performances and string arrangements)
“Paris-Philly Lockdown”: Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, April 2011 (piano performances and string quartet arrangements)
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival at the Apollo Theater (NYC)
Special guest with then 11-year old prodigy student Matthew Whitaker, May 2012
The Group (collective: Ahmed Abdullah, Andrew Cyrille, Bob Stewart, Billy Bang, Bluiett, D.D. Jackson)
Vision Festival, NYC, June 2011
D.D. Jackson Trio
D.D. Jackson Trio in Capri, Italy, August 2012
Museum of Modern Art, NYC, July 2007
Medger Evers Jazz Festival, Brooklyn, July 2007
Jazz festival, South Africa, Feb 2007
Governor General Awards (CBC/National Arts Centre, Ottawa) honoring Oliver Jones, Nov 2005
Jazz Gallery, NYC, Nov 2005
Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn (with Giacomo Gates), Oct 2004
Black Arts Festival, Atlanta (with James Spaulding and Billy Bang), July 2003
Montreal Chamber Music Festival, June 2003
Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., Jan 2003
Jazz Gallery, NYC, Jan 2003
Centre Pierre Peladeau, Montreal, Dec 2002
Erie Art Museum, Nov 2002
Detroit Jazz Festival, Sep 2002
Atlantic Jazzfest, Halifax, July 2002
Vancouver Jazz Festival, June 2002
Victoria Jazz Festival, June 2002
Atlanta Jazz Festival, May 2002
Flynn Center, Burlington, VT, April 2002
Jazz festival, Utrecht, Holland, March 2002
Birdland, NYC, Nov 2001
Jazz Gallery, NYC, June 2001
Hong Kong Jazz Club, May 2001
Vancouver Jazz Festival, June 1998
Texaco New York Jazz Festival, June 1998
Jazz festival, Bordeaux, France, Feb 1998
San D’Hiver Festival, Paris, Feb 1998
Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival, Aug 1997
Montreal Jazz Festival, July 1997
Jazz festival, Rouen, France, Jan 1997
Jazz venue, Maubeuge, France, Jan 1997
Canadian tour (Edmonton, London, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa), June 1996
Sal de Gesu, Montreal, Feb 1996
Sal de Gesu, Montreal, Sep 1994
Birdland, NYC, Aug 1992
National Library, Ottawa, July 1992
D.D. Jackson solo piano
Barrie Jazz Festival, 2004–2014 (annual)
with dance company Momenta, Chicago, March 2007
CBC Radio’s “Fuse”, Ottawa, Dec 2006
Jazz festival, Taipei, Taiwan, March 2005
Wakayama and Kobe, Japan, Dec 2004
Jarasum Jazz Festival, South Korea, Sep 2004
Toronto Jazz Festival, June 2004
7-city tour of Japan, April 2004
8-city tour of Japan, Feb–March 2003
Symphony Space, NYC, Feb 2003
JVC Toronto Jazz Festival (double bill with Brad Mehldau), June 2001
Hong Kong Jazz Club, May 2001
Jazz festival, Prague, Nov 2000
Chicago Jazz Festival, Aug 2000
Jazz festival, Berlin, June 2000
Jazz festival, Tel Aviv, Feb 2000
Yoshi’s, Oakland, Feb 2000
Jazz Gallery, NYC, Nov 1999, Aug 1997
Jazz venue, Pont-a-Mousson, France, Feb 1998
Jazz venue, Besancon, France, Feb 1998
Jazz venue, Zurich, Switzerland, Feb 1998
Toronto Harbourfront Festival, June 1997
Aeolian Hall, London, Canada, June 1997
Guelph Jazz Festival, Sep 1996
Ottawa International Jazz Festival, July 1995
Montreal International Jazz Festival, July 1995
Amiri Baraka 75th Birthday Tribute
Schomburg Arts Center (Harlem), Oct 2009
D.D. Jackson Octet (with James Spaulding, piano trio & Unity String Quartet)
Moravian College, Sep 2004
Blue Note, NYC, July 2003
D.D. Jackson & Dean Bowman Duo
Guelph, Canada (series of performances/workshops), Feb 2009
D.D. Jackson & Coco York Duo
U.S. Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb 2006
D.D. Jackson performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Kobe City, Japan, Dec 2004
ProMusica Orchestra, Columbus, OH and Marietta, OH, Nov 2001
D.D. Jackson, Bluiett, Kahil El’Zabar Trio
Kuumba Jazz House, Santa Cruz, Aug 2002
Jazz Bakery, LA, Aug 2002
Eddie Moore fest, Oakland, Aug 2002
Hot House, Chicago, Aug 2002
Chicago African Arts Fest, Sep 2001
D.D. Jackson Group (with Christian Howes, violin)
7-city Japanese tour, Sep 2000
Sculler’s, Boston, Aug 2000
Newport Jazz Festival, Aug 2000
Ottawa Jazz Festival, July 2000
JVC-Saratoga Festival, June 2000
Toronto Jazz Festival, June 2000
Iridium, NYC, April 2000
Knitting Factory, NYC, Oct 1998
Birdland, NYC, May 1998
Organ Nation (D.D. Jackson – Hammond B3 organ, Walter Szylmaski – tpt, Alex Harding – bari sax, Brandon Lewis – drums)
Multiple NYC venues (Fat Cats, Sista’s Place, SGI-USA, Knitting Factory, Gibson Baldwin Jazz Festival, Cornelia St. Cafe), 2008–2010
Bluiett/Jackson/Mor Thiam Trio
Montreal Jazz Festival, Oct 2000
Skopje, Macedonia, Oct 2000
Willisau, Switzerland, Aug 1998
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Aug 1998
Montreal Jazz Festival, July 1998
Toronto Jazz Festival, June 1998
Bordeaux, France, May 1998
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, April 1998
D.D. Jackson & Hamiet Bluiett Duo
Jazz at Lincoln Center “Jazz on the Hudson”
Ottawa Jazz Festival, July 1998
D.D. Jackson & Chris Potter Duo
Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv, Feb 2000
D.D. Jackson & David Murray Duo
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (CBC “Onstage”), Feb 2008
Jazz festival, Rostock, Germany, 1996
D.D. Jackson & James Carter Duo
Sal Gesu, Montreal, Jan 1998
Minetta Lane Theater, NYC, Nov 1997
D.D. Jackson & Michelle Rosewoman Duo
Jazz Gallery, NYC, Aug 1997
D.D. Jackson & Tracie Morris (poet) Duo
VisionFest, NYC, June 1997
with Kahil El’Zabar, Craig Harris, Hamiet Bluiett, Kelvyn Bell
Jazz Foundation of America Annual Loft Jazz Party, April 2016
with “Kygo”
The Tonight Show, April 2016 (arranged “Stole the Show”, played shaker)
James Carter Organ Trio
3-city tour of India (Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune), Oct–Nov 2014
with Milford Graves
Guelph Jazz Festival (with Kidd Jordan), Sep 2014
Sons D’Hiver, Paris, Feb 2014
Vision Festival, NYC, June 2013
with Craig Harris and the Saints & the Aint’s Brass Choir
Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, June 2013
Amiri Baraka Blue Ark and Word Music
Milano and Rome, Oct 2013
Bologna, June 2013
Visionfest, NYC, June 2001
Brescia, Italy, May 2001
Valle di Poschiava, Switzerland, May 2001
Bill Cosby “Cos of Good Music” All-Star Band
Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood, June 2010
Bluiett’s Bio-Electric
Vision Festival, NYC, June 2013
Sons D’Hiver, Paris, Jan 2009 (with Billy Bang, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan)
James Carter Quartet
Jazz Foundation Gala, NYC, Oct 2013
Birdland, NYC, Feb & May 2008
Montreal Jazz Festival, July 2008 (broadcast on Bravo TV/CBC)
James Carter Group
Yoshi’s, Oakland, Aug 2007
Dean Bowman’s Vox Populi
Romania 3-city tour, April 2007
Chicago City Limits
Music Director, numerous NYC engagements, Sep 2003 – Mar 2008
Ahmed Abdullah’s Ebonic Tones and Diaspora
Sista’s Place, Brooklyn (numerous, 2005–present)
Catania, Sicily, Feb 2005
Helsinki, Finland, Feb 2005
Craig Harris “Tribute to Ken McIntyre”
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, June 2003
Hamiet Bluiett Group
Sweet Basil, NYC, Oct 1997
David Murray Quartet
“Banished” PBS documentary, Nov 2006
Madrid, Spain, Oct 2001
European tour (Seville, Strasbourg), Nov 1998
Japanese tour, Aug 1998
European tour (Rouen, Le Mans, Bruges, Liège), Apr–May 1998
Japanese tour, May 1997
Village Vanguard, NYC, 1995
David Murray Big Band
European tour (Nevers, Berlin, Istanbul, Moers, Verona), May–Nov 1998
Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, July 1996
Knitting Factory, NYC, Monday nights 1995–1998
James Carter Electric Project
Boston Globe Jazz Fest, June 2001
Azore Islands, Portugal, Oct 2000
Yoshi’s, Oakland, Sep–Oct 2000
Willisau, Austria, Sep 2000
Newport Jazz Fest, Aug 2000
Sculler’s, Boston, Aug 2000
Blue Note, NYC, June 2000
World Saxophone Quartet
Iridium, NYC, Dec 2000
David Murray Octet
“Octet plays ’Trane”, Iridium, Sep–Oct 1999
European tour (Lisbon, Utrecht, Brugge, Zurich, Munich, Annecy, Basel), 1999
European tour (Trento, Bologna, Cremona, Gronegan, Antwerp), April 1997
Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell, Aug 1996
Yoshi’s, Oakland, Jul–Aug 1996
with the Urban Bushwomen, New Victory Theatre, NYC, May 1996
What Is Jazz? Festival, Knitting Factory, July 1996
Dewey Redman Quartet
Blue Note, NYC, Nov 2001
Visiones, NYC, March 1993
Chico Freeman Quartet
Ethical Culture Society, NYC, May 2001
David Murray Creole Project
San d’Hiver Festival, Paris, Feb 1998
Andrew Cyrille Quartet
Ethical Culture Center, NYC, Sep 1998
Sweet Basil, NYC, March 1997
Ka-Tap (Indian music & Katchak dance with American jazz and tap)
Symphony Space, NYC, Dec 1998
Craig Harris “Nation of Imagination”
Jazz Gallery, NYC, Dec 1996
Sweet Basil, NYC, Nov 1996
City College, NY, Nov 1996
Craig Harris “The Jhetto Plays the Music of Sun Ra”
Ethical Culture Center, NYC, Sep 1996
Saalfelden, Austria, Aug 1996
Moers, Germany, May 1996
Carlos Ward Quartet
Sweet Basil, NYC, May 1995
Don Pullen’s African-Brazilian Connection with the Chief Cliff Singers and the Garth Fagan Dance Company — “Earth Eagle First Circle”
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Aug 1995
Jane Bunnett Group
Chicago Jazz Fest, Sep 1993
Hildershein, Germany, May 1993
Sweet Basil, NYC, Feb 1993
European tour (Amsterdam, Dortmund, Leverkusen, Paris, London, Milano, Palma de Mallorca), Fall 1992
Canadian tour with Dewey Redman, Summer 1991
Dave Doran’s JazzRap
Boston and NYC (6 performances), Fall 1992
CONJURE conducted by Kip Hanrahan (with David Murray, Billy Bang, J.T. Lewis, Little Jimmy Scott)
6-city European tour, Summer 1992
Trudeau: Long March/Shining Path (theatrical premiere), Sir James Dunn Theatre, Halifax, June 2010
Quebecite (full concert), Moravian College, PA, Feb 2009
Trudeau: Long March/Shining Path (excerpts) and Quebecite (excerpts), Rochester Institute of Technology, Oct 2008
Trudeau: Long March/Shining Path, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 2007
Trudeau: Long March/Shining Path (excerpts), Barrie Jazz & Blues Festival, June 2007
Quebecite, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Oct 2003
Quebecite, Guelph Jazz Festival, Sep 2003
“Mytholojazz” with David Gonzalez, New Victory Theatre, NYC (19-show off-Broadway run), Feb 1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with “Kygo”, April 2016
John Lennon 75th Anniversary Birthday Concert on AMC (with The Roots), Dec 2015
The CBS Early Show, Harlem School of the Arts feature, Dec 28 2011
The Jimmy Fallon Show NBC with “The Roots”, Dec 6 2011
The Signal, CBC Radio, Trudeau opera excerpts, Oct 2010
Canada Live, “Jagged Little Pill: A Tribute to Alanis Morissette”, broadcast Nov 27 2008
In Performance, CBC Radio, Quebecite broadcast, Oct 10 2003
“D.D.: the Little Brother”, CBC Radio Sunday Edition, April 13 2003
Jazz Cafe, CBC Radio, D.D. Jackson Trio live in Vancouver, recorded June 25 2002
D.D. Jackson Trio on National Jazz Awards, CBC Radio, Feb 2002
Studio 2, TV Ontario, solo piano, Dec 2002
D.D. Jackson Group on “Live at the Knitting Factory”, BET on Jazz, Dec 2000
Macedonian TV broadcast, Bluiett/Jackson/El’Zabar in Skopje, Oct 2000
Japanese TV broadcast, D.D. Jackson Group, Osaka, Sep 2000
Studio 2, TV Ontario, D.D. Jackson Group, June 2000
Israel TV broadcast, D.D. Jackson/Chris Potter, Tel Aviv, Feb 2000
In Performance, CBC Radio, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Oct 1 1999
Studio 2, CBC Radio, duo with David Murray, Glenn Gould Studio, Feb 1998
Jazzset with Branford Marsalis, NPR, Detroit Jazzfest, Aug 1997
Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz, NPR, Nov 1997
“In the Key of Eh! Canadian Jazz Piano”, Bravo TV, Dec 1996
Jazz Cafe, CBC Television, D.D. Jackson Trio, Vancouver, June 1996
German TV broadcast, Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Violin Summit (with Billy Bang, Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty), Fall 1993
D.D. Jackson