Duffy Jackson

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His unique form of energy and love of drumming comes across in every single performance.
He is using two crash cymbals that are mounted very high!
He is hitting those rack toms so hard that you would think the whole drum set can crash to the ground anytime!!

He believed that the audience needs to get into the performance and should not just be a passive listener.
He always succeeded and you can see the energy and enthusiasm in the audience.

 
Duffy was great! I was lucky enough to be able to stand inches away from him, as he did a workshop with my high school jazz band. He played my kit for a couple of tunes. Incredible!

Then when he got up off of the drums, I looked down at my fairly new coated ambassadors and they were absolutely trashed! Too funny :ROFLMAO: His energy was insane.

Excellent player, great guy and supremely talented. He could also play great piano and bass. His father was the great Chubby Jackson. I was sad to see that he passed a few years ago.
 
striker said:
His unique form of energy and love of drumming comes across in every single performance.
He is using two crash cymbals that are mounted very high!
He is hitting those rack toms so hard that you would think the whole drum set can crash to the ground anytime!!

He believed that the audience needs to get into the performance and should not just be a passive listener.
He always succeeded and you can see the energy and enthusiasm in the audience.

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I’ve seen Duffy live many times. An all time great drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He’s got more energy in his little finger than most drummers have in their whole family! As was once said, you don’t watch or hear Duffy, you experience Duffy.

Absolute travesty how he died!
 
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Bernhard said:
Duffy Jackson - the great Jazz drummer is here on Drummerworld: https://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Duffy_Jackson.html

Bernhard
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You may not be aware that, to my understanding, Duffy had osteomyelitis (bone infection), of his right hip as an infant. He had part of his hip bone surgically removed resulting a short right leg. As a result, he wore a shoe with an elevated sole on his right foot. But wow! What he could do with that elevated sole on a bass drum pedal.

My understanding is that he died from a post operative infection following a long, long overdue hip replacement operation. He deserved better care than that.

RIP Duffy!
 
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JimmyM said:
I wish I could have met him. I knew his dad when he lived in Miami, and I wasn’t the least bit surprised Duffy was like this on gigs because his dad was a blast!
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Nicest guy in the world! Loved to perform for any size audience. It didn’t matter to him. He loved to play, loved to entertain. I saw him in a club once when there were about 8-10 people who stayed for the 3rd set. You would have thought he was on national television. He always played like it was the last time he would play. Always had a huge smile when playing! Truly one of a kind person, one if a kind musician.
 
I met Duffy Jackson at a Duke Ellington memorial concert (1974?) at the Hollywood bowl.
LA Times Jazz critic Leonard feather was covering the event. I think I have some color slides of the event somewhere in the house.
 
Ovfit said:
I met Duffy Jackson at a Duke Ellington memorial concert (1974?) at the Hollywood bowl.
LA Times Jazz critic Leonard feather was covering the event. I think I have some color slides of the event somewhere in the house.
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Hope you can post them here. Young Duffy with his Carrera glasses was a bad dood!
 
striker said:
His unique form of energy and love of drumming comes across in every single performance.
He is using two crash cymbals that are mounted very high!
He is hitting those rack toms so hard that you would think the whole drum set can crash to the ground anytime!!

He believed that the audience needs to get into the performance and should not just be a passive listener.
He always succeeded and you can see the energy and enthusiasm in the audience.

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He's definitely a heavy hitter. I don't know of him but enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.
 
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