Ali Jackson

Who was Ali Jackson?

Ali Jackson, also known as Al Jackson, was a jazz bassist and composer.

His composition "Prayer to the East" was the title track of Yusef Lateef's 1957 album.

In the late 1940s, Jackson was a member of a quartet, the AHJOs, named after the initials of each musician: Ali, "Hac", Joe and Oliver, his brother.

He was briefly in the house band at the Blue Bird Inn, led by Billy Mitchell.

In the 1980s he performed in his brother's quintet, which toured and recorded in Europe. The line-up of the Oliver Jackson Quintet that performed in Switzerland in 1984 comprised Oliver Jackson, Arnett Cobb, Irving Stokes, tp - Claude Black, and Ali Jackson.

His son, Ali Jackson, Jr., is a jazz drummer.