DD Jackson

About

2000 Juno Award-winning jazz artist who achieved much across different media, including film, TV, theatre, and albums. He specializes as a composer in the aspects of writing, arranging and producing one-of-a-kind scores for film, television and various other media.

Before Fame

He graduated from the Lehman Engel BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop.

Trivia

He provided the score for The Ocean Room, a children's Canadian TV show. He has had his hand at recording over a dozen jazz CDs, working as either the leader or co-leader on each project. In 2019, he received his second Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song. 

Family Life

He was born in Ottawa, but later moved to New York City. He has a wife named Elizabeth, and they have one son and one daughter together.

Associated With

His collaborations were extensive, including James Carter, Ahmed Abdullah, Art Davis, and Regina Carter.