Tyson Jackson

Tyson Jackson is a drummer based in New York whose playing is rooted in the gospel tradition he absorbed growing up in West Palm Beach, Florida. Born in 1997, he began in the church before pursuing formal study at Berklee College of Music, where he completed the master's program at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. He has performed alongside artists including Terri Lyne Carrington, Terence Blanchard, Tia Fuller, Sean Jones, and Nona Hendryx. On the New York scene he has anchored groups led by Julius Rodriguez, Anastassiya Petrova, and Billy Buss, bringing the swing of the jazz tradition together with the feel of his gospel roots.