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Previous to his American Idol fame, Randall Darius Jackson was an in-demand, first-call LA session bassist and sideman.

Randy’s genre traversing career spans stage and studio work with Jean Luc-Ponty, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Journey, Whitney Houston, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Mariah Carey, Stevie Nicks, George Michael,  Billy Joel, George Benson, Michael Bolton, Mary J. Blige, and Billy Cobham to cite a select few.

A songwriter, Grammy Award winning producer, philanthropist, music industry executive, entrepreneur, author, radio host, educator, and recording artist – Randy Jackson’s place in the top echelon of master groove bass players and improvisers is absolute, despite the fact that most folks know him (only) as a TV personality!

Randy Jackson Sound & Vision…

Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” https://youtu.be/eH3giaIzONA

Jean Luc-Ponty “Demagomania” https://youtu.be/CQ2_lAMJBnA

Bruce Springsteen:  “Man’s Job” https://youtu.be/mdELzYFKS18

Journey “Girl Can’t Help It” https://youtu.be/h9TgWj2Kln4

Aretha Franklin / Keith Richards  “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” https://youtu.be/RnbHRL_9nqc

Randy Jackson’s Music Club https://youtu.be/oDlJ_BgYlgY

An award winning first-call session cat and among the most in-demand touring bassists on the planet, it would be easier to list the artists whom Nathan Harnell East has not played with on stage and on record!

East, who prefers (and endorses) extended range Yamaha bassists, grew up to the sounds of Philadelphia and has incorporated his reverence for jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, and rock into platinum records aplenty by Eric Clapton, Fourplay, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Loggins, Michael Jackson, Daft Punk, and Herbie Hancock to cite an extremely select few.

Dig Nathan with Whitney: https://youtu.be/YohL_QJhFaw

Dig Nathan with Slowhand: https://youtu.be/–ND7U44k_M

Dig Nathan with The Eurythmics https://youtu.be/Uhpu2N4rQZM

Dig Nathan’s “Daft Funk” https://youtu.be/07GgekHHud8

An accomplished singer, cellist, educator, composer, producer, in 2014 Nate waxed his debut solo album, which, of course, featured his famous friends Stevie Wonder, Slowhand, Ray Parker Jr….the list goes on and on and on…