Faculty Bios / Biographies des Professeurs

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D.D. Jackson

After receiving his B.Music with High Distinction in Classical Piano from Indiana University and his Master’s in Jazz from the Manhattan School of Music, the multi-Emmy-winning composer D.D. Jackson began his career as a jazz pianist/composer, and went on to record, perform, and tour around the world with some of the most acclaimed names in jazz and beyond, including drummer Jack Dejohnette and saxophonists James Carter and David Murray. He has collaborated frequently with Questlove and The Roots, most recently appearing with them on piano at the theater of Madison Square Garden for the John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, at Radio City Music Hall (for which he also wrote 30-piece orchestral arrangements), and as an arranger/producer/pianist on their two latest albums.

Jackson has recorded 14 jazz CDs as leader or co-leader (including 2 for the major label BMG) featuring his original compositions, ranging from his Juno Award-winning solo piano CD …so far to his larger-scale meditation on the events of 9/11 entitled “Suite for New York.” He has also created two operas: Quebecite (based in part on his African-American father and Chinese mother) and Trudeau: Long March/Shining Path, both written with librettist (and former Poet Laureate of Canada) George Elliott Clarke.

Jackson also composes music for television, film and other media, and he has received two Emmy awards and five nominations for this work. He has written regularly for numerous shows including The Wonder Pets (Nickelodeon)—which won 4 consecutive Daytime Emmy awards for Outstanding Musical Direction and Composition—Esme & Roy (HBO/Sesame Workshop), Clifford the Big Red Dog (PBS/Amazon), Sunny Day (Nickelodeon), Best and Bester (Nickelodeon), and Sesame Street.

He has also done numerous commissions such organizations as The Ahn Trio, The Metropolis Ensemble, the New York Philharmonic Brass Quintet, and most recently, a Canada Council-funded vocal-based recording titled Poetry Project featuring original songs commissioned by George Elliott Clarke. As a writer, Jackson has also penned articles for such publications as the Village Voice and DownBeat magazine (for which he maintained a popular column on his experiences as a jazz musician entitled “Living Jazz” for five years).

As an educator, Jackson is an award-winning professor currently serving on the faculty at NYU’s Screen Scoring department; at Jay-Z’s new “Roc Nation” school at Long Island University Brooklyn, where he has taught courses in Music Tech, piano, and music production; and at Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, teaching “Media Scoring” and “Conducting for Recording Sessions.” Jackson also taught for three years in Brooklyn College’s Global Jazz Master’s program, including directing the Brooklyn College Big Band. Jackson has previously taught at Hunter College (receiving the Hunter College Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Harlem School of the Arts (where he was Chair of Jazz and Contemporary Studies).

Jackson lives in Maplewood, NJ (just outside of New York City) with his wife Elizabeth and family.

Guest Artist

Inbal Zadok

Inbal Zadok was born in 1971 in Israel. It was at the age of 22, during a trip to India, that he attended a sitar concert for the first time… From that day on and for more than 25 years, he lived in Varanasi, India to study Indian classical music with his guru, Pt Amarnath Mishra. Since then, he has shared the music, the love of his life, in concerts in India, Israel and Europe. In Gaspésie since 2019, he continues his musical quest.

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Inbal Zadok

Inbal zadok est né en 1971 en Israël. C’est à l’âge de 22 ans, lors d’un voyage en Inde, qu’il assiste pour la première fois à un concert de sitar…À partir de ce jour et pendant plus de 25 ans, il vivra en Inde à Varanasi pour étudier la musique classique indienne auprès de son guru, Pt Amarnath Mishra. Depuis, il a partagé la musique, l’amour de sa vie, lors de concerts en Inde, en Israël et en Europe. En Gaspésie depuis 2019, il poursuit sa quête musicale.