Ron Jackson (born 1964) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, and instructor.

[2] In 1985 he left his graduate studies[3] and spent two years in Paris where he began playing the electric bass.

[3] In 1991 Jackson released A Guitar Thing at the age of 27, with collaborators including Benny Green, Lonnie Plaxico, and Cecil Brooks III.

[11] In 2003 Jackson released the album The Dream I had, a combination of jazz standards and original compositions.

[16] Acts and musicians Jackson has played with include Randy Weston, Oliver Lake, James Spaulding, Jimmy McGriff, Melvin Rhyne, Lonnie Smith, Benny Golson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dewey Redman, Gary Bartz, Ralph Peterson Jr.,[11] and Greg Lewis.