Ed Jackson is an accomplished saxophonist who has worked and recorded with: Roy Haynes, T.S. Monk, The Fatback Band, Melba Moore, Bobby Watson, Illinois Jacquet, Weldon Irvine, The Count Basie Band, Donald Blackman, Denzil Miller, Bernard Wright, Jaki Byard, David Jackson, Jr., Ran Blake, Sam Rivers and Tom Varner. He is also the founder of the 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, whom he has extensively recorded and toured with. He is a graduate of the New England conservatory of Music and received the Selmer Company Award for Outstanding Saxophonist. Brother of Dave Jackson.