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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Nicholas George Jackson |
| Also known as | Jaxon |
| Born | 15 April 1947 Stamford, Lincolnshire, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Member of | Kaprekar's Constant |
| Formerly of | Van der Graaf Generator David Cross Band |
| Website | jaxontonewall |
David Nicholas George Jackson (born 15 April 1947), nicknamed Jaxon, is an English progressive rock saxophonist, flautist, and composer. He is best known for his work with the band Van der Graaf Generator and his work in Music and Disability.[1][2] He has also worked with Peter Gabriel, Keith Tippett, Osanna, Judge Smith, David Cross and others.
His playing is characterized by the frequent use of double horns, wielding two saxophones at the same time, a style he emulates from Rahsaan Roland Kirk (whose style and technique influenced Jackson).[3] He also plays flutes and whistles. In the NME, reviewer Jonathan Barnett called David Jackson "the Van Gogh of the saxophone – a renegade impressionist, dispensing distorted visions of the world outside from his private asylum window".[4]
- ^ "Music on my mind – SEN Magazine". Senmagazine.co.uk. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Meldreth Music Day – Disability Charity[permanent dead link], on Scope UK, retrieved 27 September 2011
- ^ Christopulos, J. & Smart, P. (2005), Van der Graaf Generator – The Book, (Published by "Phil and Jim") ISBN 0-9551337-0-X
- ^ "Photographic image of paper review of Van der Graaf Generator concert" (JPG). Vandergraafgenerator.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2020.