Jackson Hardaker

NYC Jazz Record Best of 2015

Posted December 28th, 2015 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Albums, Watering Can.

The January edition of The New York City Jazz Record is out, and I’ve been fortunate enough to have Watering Can included in their Best of 2015 segment, in the debut albums category! You can find a digital copy online via their website (where you can also get heaps of archived copies of the magazine!) or jump… Read more »

Watering Can – Out Now

Posted May 5th, 2015 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Albums, Watering Can.

Round Midnight as played by Richie Beirach

Posted February 26th, 2015 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Transcriptions.

A few years ago, I decided to transcribe this track in order to find out what Richie Beirach was doing with the harmony of Round Midnight. I find Monk’s tunes to be highly robust and adaptable, and it was fascinating to hear a take on one of his most frequently played tunes which played hard… Read more »

In A Sentimental Mood as played by Hank Jones

Posted February 20th, 2015 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Transcriptions.

Hank Jones is one of my favourite pianists to study and transcribe. He has such mastery over a vast array of harmonic language, that you can find fantastic examples of so many different sounds in his playing. His performance of In A Sentimental Mood (from the album: Solo 1976 A Tribute to Duke Ellington) exemplifies… Read more »

Watering Can Teaser

Posted February 3rd, 2015 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Albums, Watering Can.

Here’s a little teaser track, featuring snippets of a couple of tracks from my upcoming album Watering Can. Enjoy!

Something Completely Different: Spicy Beer Pickles

Posted January 8th, 2015 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Recipes.

Lately, I’ve been getting more and more into cooking. I’ve always enjoyed it, and often found very pleasing parallels between music and food. I also love spicy beer pickles! Such as… Learning the basic fundamentals/techniques. Initially sticking closely to charts/recipes. Developing enough technique and taste/musicality to elaborate on, and embellish existing recipes. Taking what is provided to… Read more »

Sneak peek: Two Handed Waltz

Posted November 14th, 2014 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Albums, Watering Can.

A taster of my composition, Two Handed Waltz, from the upcoming album “Watering Can”.

Crowd-funding for Watering Can

Posted November 7th, 2014 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Albums, Watering Can.

As you likely know (seeing as you’re on my website), a wee while ago I got my arse into gear and recorded my very first album. I’m now happy to announce that I’ve just launched a Hatchfund crowd-funding campaign, in order to finish it up! Follow the link to read all about the project, the… Read more »

Debut Record (Watering Can)

Posted October 14th, 2014 by Jackson Hardaker & filed under Watering Can.

Finally. After a fair old period of writing, organising, rehearsing, and plotting, my debut record (tentatively named “Watering Can”) has been recorded, and the finishing touches are in the works. Thanks to The Bunker Studio (and engineer Aaron Nevezie), the musical talents Syberen van Munster (guitar), Nico Dann (drums), Lorenzo Kim Sandi (bass), this record of entirely original music is… Read more »