Derrick Jackson (GA)

Derrick Jackson is a Georgia Native, currently creating a new sound and ideas for the trombonist world. Derrick’s first professional recording opportunity came in 1999 while enrolled at Florida A&M University. Before graduating from college, he recorded for dirty south artist Field Mob and performed on the US tour of “Forever Swing.” This led to him performing with Barry Manilow the next year and many other performance opportunities.

After graduation, DJ moved to Atlanta and began teaching. Following a few years of teaching, he began performing in the Atlanta area. He played trombone for the world premiere of Douglas Tappin’s I Dream and appeared in the Farley Brothers movie The 3 Stooges. The following summer, DJ recorded trombone lines on the Rick Ross Gold Album Teflon Don’s, Maybach Music 3 featuring Rick Ross, Jada Kiss, T.I. and Erica Badu.

DJ has played with numerous musicians and groups such as: Billboard award winner Dionne Farris, Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Holiday, Barry Manilow, Wycliffe Gordon, Kebbi Williams, Russell Gunn Krunk Jazz Orkestra, Bumping the Mango, the official Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band, Joe Gransden Big Band, Randy Brecker, Jeff Jarvis, Juno award winner PJ Perry, Broadway trumpeter Paul Baron, Atlanta Latin Jazz band lead by Rob Opitz, Mario Fogg’s Brass Band, Marcus Lewis Big Band, Saunders Sermons, Wycliffe Gordon, Diron Holloway, Edward Williams and a host of other talented and musical leaders of this century.  

Last summer, DJ had the pleasure of performing a two‑month run of the musical, Memphis and In the Heights and now the Hunchback of Notre Dame under the musical direction of Ann-Carol Pence at the Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, GA and the Rialto Theatre, Atlanta, Ga. DJ’s single “Play 2 Win” is available on iTunes and Amazon Prime. He is currently working on his first solo project The DJ Encounter.

Current and former memberships and appointments include: BMI, GMEA, GAJE, IAJE, Fine Arts Task Force for the State of Georgia, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Alpha Phi Omega, Prince Hall Mason, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.