Michael Gregory Jackson (born August 28, 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American guitarist and composer working in jazz, R&B, avant-garde, rock, blues, and free jazz.
Jackson spent the 1970s in western Massachusetts, earning praise from critics and free-jazz followers for his first two solo albums.
[2] During the 1970s and '80s, he worked with avant-garde jazz musicians Oliver Lake,[1] and Baikida Carroll.
In 1983 Nile Rodgers produced his album Situation-X for Island Records.
His groups have included Anthony Davis, Bob Moses, David Murray, Jerome Harris, Julius Hemphill, Mark Helias, Mark Trayle, Marty Ehrlich, Wadada Leo Smith, and Will Calhoun.