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Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey
American musician
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Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Buzz Feiten
Buzz Feiten
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier
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Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
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David Hungate
David Hungate
American musician
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Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett
American musician
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Rob Mounsey
Rob Mounsey
American musician, composer, and arranger
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Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
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James Gadson
James Gadson
American musician
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Will Lee
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
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Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
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Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
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Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
American musician
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Rick Marotta
Rick Marotta
American musician
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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NanĂ¡ Vasconcelos
NanĂ¡ Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
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Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
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Waddy Wachtel
Waddy Wachtel
American musician, composer and record producer
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Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner
American session drummer
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Luis Conte
Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Dennis Budimir
Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Paul Kennerley
Paul Kennerley
English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer of American country music
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Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff
American record producer
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Louis Johnson
Louis Johnson
American bass guitarist, songwriter
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
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Barry Beckett
Barry Beckett
American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder
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Siedah Garrett
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter
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Bill Summers
Bill Summers
jazz musician
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Mitchel Forman
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
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Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Robben Ford
Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
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Eric Darken
Eric Darken
musical artist
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Bob James
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
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Wilton Felder
Wilton Felder
American musician
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David McMurray
David McMurray
American jazz musician
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Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas
American musician
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Manolo Badrena
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Harvey Mason
Harvey Mason
American drummer
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Raymond Lee Brown
Raymond Lee Brown
American musician
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Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
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Mike Mainieri
Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
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Jimmy Maelen
Jimmy Maelen
musician
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Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
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Paul Griffin
Paul Griffin
American session musician and pianist
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Bill Mays
Bill Mays
American pianist
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Louis Shelton
Louis Shelton
musician
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell
American musician
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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Ray Cooper
Ray Cooper
British musician
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Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
American composer, musical director and artist
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Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
musician
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David T. Walker
David T. Walker
American musician
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Fred Jackson, Jr.
Fred Jackson, Jr.
American flautist
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Don Grusin
Don Grusin
American musician
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Barry Finnerty
Barry Finnerty
American musician
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Phil Palmer
Phil Palmer
British musician
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Andrew Love
Andrew Love
American musician
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Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz
American musician
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Jackie Kelso
Jackie Kelso
musician
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Jim Gilstrap
Jim Gilstrap
American singer
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Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musician. He attended the University of Southern California, majoring in music.

In addition to being a recording artist in his own right, Jackson is also a highly accomplished L.A. session player, with a career spanning multiple decades. He has supported artists ranging from Michael Jackson (no relation) (on the albums Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix) to the Temptations, Whitney Houston, Alexander O'Neal, Five Star (on the album Silk and Steel), Howard Hewett, Thomas Anders, Patti LaBelle and Luis Miguel, to rockers such as Chicago and Elton John, to jazz-oriented players such as George Duke, George Benson, Dave Koz, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, Marcus Miller and Kirk Whalum, and to Christian artists such as Leon Patillo and Don Moen.

In 2013 it was revealed he contributed to several tracks on the album, Random Access Memories by Daft Punk and UK based singer songwriter Birdy's second album Fire Within. He also played guitar on Lisa Stansfield's 2014 album, Seven.

Jackson can be seen playing guitar in a wide variety of styles on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and American Idol.