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Randy Jackson

ランディ・ジャクソン　/　らんでぃ・じゃくそん

American composer

June 23, 1956 (age 69)　・　Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Louisiana
composer
singer
jazz musician

My Take

Randy Jackson is proof that the most interesting careers start long before the cameras find you. Most people know him as the warm, dawg-calling judge on American Idol, but the Baton Rouge musician earned his stripes first as a session bassist for jazz, pop, and rock acts, then in A&R at Columbia and MCA. That's the part I find compelling: he understood the machinery of making records before he ever critiqued a vocal. The Southern University grounding and that producer's ear gave his Idol commentary real weight. I trust the opinions of someone who actually built hits, and Jackson clearly did.

Overview

Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bass guitar for an array of jazz, pop, rock, and R&B performers. He moved on to work in music production and in the A&R department at Columbia Records and MCA Records.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Randy Jackson
Name (Japanese): ランディ・ジャクソン
Reading: らんでぃ・じゃくそん
Born: June 23, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / singer / jazz musician / record producer / businessperson

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Southern University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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