One-half of the legendary duo Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Brian began his professional career at 18, having recorded nine albums by his 27th birthday. The young prodigies recorded their very frst album with greats Ron Carter, Bernard Purdie and Hubert Laws.

Together, Scott-Heron and Jackson wrote songs that depicted the social and political context of their time, with a rich musicality that borrows from jazz, blues and soul. Their catalogue has travelled through time and generations and has been a source of sample material for decades. Artists such as Tupac, Common, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar, among others, have found inspiration in their tracks.

Brian is considered an early progenitor of the musical genre called “conscious music” – music with a message, which prompted New Yorker Magazine to call him “a musical pioneer.”

Twenty years after his last opus, Brian’s comeback was highlighted by the release of two albums in 2021 and 2022: His Jazz Is Dead release is a collaboration with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest).

His second album, titled This Is Brian Jackson (BBE Music), has met critical acclaim, earning spots in Mojo magazine’s “Highest Rated Albums of 2022“ list and the New York Times’ playlist.

During his musical career, Brian has worked with artists such as Roy Ayers, Gregory Porter, Christian McBride, Bootsy Collins, Eric Trufaz, Milton Nascimento, Pat Martino, Lonnie Liston Smith and Bobbi Humphrey.

In 2025, Brian Jackson brings us Now More than Ever, the defnitive rework of Gil Scott- Heron and Brian Jackson compositions that somehow seem more relevant today than when they wrote them 50 years ago.