Gene "Action" Jackson hails from Philadelphia where he graduated from West Philadelphia High School in 1979. He attended Boston's Berklee College of Music from 1979 - 1984. From 1985 to 1990 he toured and recorded four records with The Kevin Eubanks Trio/Quartet. Gene's reputation as a deep-swinging, power drummer paved the way for his move to New York in 1987. He has since served up his segnature swing/funk/Afro-Caribbean on record, television, and on tour for many of today's top artists:

1991 - European Tour with the Herbie Hancock - Wayne Shorter Quartet
1992 - Recorded with Terence Blanchard for the motion-picture soundtrack of Spike Lee's "Malcom X". Also began teaching at the world renown school of percussion, Drummers Collective in New York
1993 - World tour with the Herbie Hancock Trio, touring the Caribbean, Canada, U.S., Europe and Japan
1994 - Toured and recorded with the Dave Holland Quartet, Herbie Hancock Trio, Robin Eubanks Group and Michelle Rosewoman's Quintessence. Major Japanese tour with Shunzo Ohno, sponsored by Min-On
1995 - Toured Europe and Japan with the Herbie Hancock Trio. Recorded and toured Europe with The Dave Holland Quartet.

Toured, Performed & Recorded with:

Don Harrison & Terence Blanchard Quintet, OTB, The Donald Brown Sextet, Don Byron Quartet, Harry Belafonte, Billy Childs Quartet, Monte Croft Quartet, Joey De Francesco, Cyrus Chestnut Trio, The Robin Eubanks Quartet, The Ray Gomez Group, Craig Harris's "Tailgaters Tales", The Christopher Holiday Quartet, The Marlon Jordan Quintet, Hugh Masekela Group, Branford Marsalis Quartet & Trio, The Mulgrew Miller Trio, Greg Osby & Sound Theatre, The Don Peterson Trio, The Billy Pierce Quartet, The Lonnie Plaxico Band, John Scofield, The James Spauiding Band, Eubanks-Turre Quintet, The Mark Whitfield Quartet, The James Williams Quartet, George Coleman Quartet, Gary Bartz Quartet, Michelle Rosewoman Group, Chico Freeman's Brainstorm Group, The Screaming Headless Torso's, Andrew Hill Quartet, Mingus Big Band, etc.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

Kevin Eubanks: Heat of Heat, Shadow Prophets, The Searcher, and Promise of Tomorrow - all on GRP Records

Monte Croft: Higher Fire and Survival of the Spirit - all on Comubia Records

Lonnie Plaxico: Basically Yours, and Iridescense - all on Muse Records

Harry Belfonte: Christmas Album - for Hallmark Cards

Hugh Masekela: Back to the Bush - BMG Records

Joey De Francesco: Where Were You - Columbia Records

Glena Powrie: Asha - Muse Records

Chico Freeman: Threshold - In and Out Records

Michelle Rosewoman: Harvest - Enja Records

Terence Blanchard: X, soundtrack for Spike Lee's "X" - Columbia Records

Takeshi Ito: To be Announced - Warner Bros. Records

Jack Lee: To be Announced - Warner Bros. Records

John Strecth: Carpathian Blues - Tera Nova Records

Kevin Eubanks: Spirit Talk 3 - Blue Note Records

Robin Eubanks: Mental Images - Enja Records

Robert Trowers: Point of View - Criss Cross Records

Dave Holland: Conference of the Birds, remake for private instructional Vedio

Herbie Hancock: Live in New York 93 - JazzHouse Records

Dave Holland Quartet: Dream of the Elders - ECM Records

Joe Locke: Moment to Moment, a tribute to Henry Mancini - Keystone Records

Jorge Silvester: MusiCollage - Postcard Records

Shunzo Ohno: Take Off! - Ninety-One Records

Robin Eubanks: Untitled, due for release spring of 1996

Michelle Rosewoman: Spirit, due for release spring of 1996 - BlueNote Records

Biography courtesy of Saudades Tourneen.