Oliver Jackson

Oliver Jackson, also called Bops Junior ( born April 28, 1933, Detroit, † 29 May 1994 New York City ) was an American drummer of the swing.

Jackson played in Detroit in the 1940s with Thad Jones, Tommy Flanagan and Wardell Gray; with drummer Eddie Locke he has performed with a variety show called Bop & Locke. After he played from 1954 to 1956 with Yusef Lateef, Jackson went to New York where he regularly appeared at Club Metropolis in 1957/58. He then worked with Teddy Wilson, Charlie Shavers 1959-61, Buck Clayton All Stars, Joe Newman 1960, Benny Goodman in 1962, Oliver Nelson, Gene Ammons, Lionel Hampton 1962-64, Kenny Burrell, Lucky Thompson, Earl Hines 1964-70, Illinois Jacquet in 1969 and the JPJ Quartet with Budd Johnson. In the 1970s, he played with Charlie Shavers again, came in 1970 with Dexter Gordon at the Montreux Jazz Festival and participated in Roy Eldridge's album The Nifty Cat with, then worked with Sy Oliver 1975-80, Buddy Tate, Vic Dickenson, Oscar Peterson George and wine Newport All-Stars. In the 1990s he participated in the Buck Clayton Legacy.

As a bandleader, he joined in 1961 in Switzerland; last he took 1977-1984 to five albums for Black & Blue Records. In 1993, the album The Great Last Concert appeared on Nail Heyer with Randy Sandke.

The drummer is not to be confused with the tenor saxophonist who helped on Cannonball Adderley's album "African Waltz".

Links / sources

• Oliver Jackson Biography by Scott Yanov at All Music Guide
• Oliver Jackson at Discogs (English)