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Born
in New Orleans, Louisiana, the third son of a musical
family of siblings, Jonathan began playing on a marching
snare drum at the tender age of six. From the six weeks
he was in contact with Jermaine Jackson and his brothers,
and the group Undisputed Truth and New Birth. Formal
requests from these artists were considered and Jonathan
decided to join The Jackson's. After just six weeks
in Los Angeles, Jonathan embarked upon his first major
tour with the Jackson Family in the spring of 1979.
Jonathan was very successful and two more US tours with
The Jackson's followed. One in the winter of 1979 and
the other in the spring of 1981. His career was off
to an incredible start. 1982 was packed with two additional
tours. One with Patti Austin in the spring and the R&B
funk group Cameo in the fall. To carry him over from
1982 through 1983, Jonathan joined Lionel Richie's first
solo artist efforts, which included the Tokyo Music
Festival, Japanese Television Shows, Americas Saturday
Nite Live and Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. The summer
of 1983 Jonathan rejoined Cameo for his second tour
with them.
The Jackson relationship again resumed for the massive
1984 Jackson's Victory Tour concert. Madonna requested
his services for her 1985 debut Virgin Tour, which was
to be the first of many. Following the Virgin Tour he
performed with artist Tina Marie. From December 1985
to January 1986, with an impressive list of credits,
Jonathan toured with Jermaine Jackson and was showcased
as Jermaine's Musical Director. The tour lasted to the
fall of 1986. Jonathan completed that year with his
third Cameo Tour.
In the spring of 1987, Jonathan rejoined Madonna for
her spring/fall tour. Then it was in to the recording
studio with producer and songwriter Patrick Leonard
for album projects that included Peter Cetera, Julian
Lennon and Madonna's Like a prayer sessions.
The following year, Jonathan wrote, arranged, produced
and performed backing vocals on a song for the Eddie
Murphy/Arsenio Hall hit movie Coming to America for
Paramount Pictures. During that summer he began his
first association with pop legend Elton John, which
continued through October 1989, encompassing two US
tours, one European tour, a UK tour and the recording
of Elton's Sleeping with the past album.
The spring of 1990 saw Jonathan's third world tour with
Madonna and two more album associations with True Blue
and the Dick Tracy movie sound track. This was followed
by Madonna's 1991 Truth or Dare tour and movie. 1991
also included two tours with George Michael, one in
the US and the other in Europe and South America.
The next two years were filled with numerous television
appearances, studio recordings, videos and continued
writing, arranging and producing of Jonathan's own personal
solo efforts. One of the recent tours brought him back
to the Jackson family with Janet Jackson in the 1993-1994,
Janet Tour.
Along with Jonathan's impressive list of credits, he
is a proud inductee into the marquis "Who's who" journals
including "Who's who in America", "who's who in the
West" and "Who's who on the World". His aspirations
are many and his dedication to perfection during his
quest for fulfillment of the is honest. Through his
gifts, he hopes to touch as many lives as possible and
share them with the world.
Chronological
list of Tours and Artists
The Jackson's 1979 spring/summer tour, U.S
The Jackson's 1979 fall/winter tour, U.S.
The Jackson's 1981 spring/summer tour, U.S.
Patti Austin 1982 spring tour, Japan/Philippines
Cameo 1982 summer tour, U.S.
Lionel Richie 1982-83 Japan TV shows, Japan/U.S.
Cameo 1983 summer tour, U.S.
The Jackson's 1984 Victory tour, U.S.
Madonna 1985 Virgin tour spring/summer, U.S.
Madonna 1985 Live Aid summer; U.S.
Tina Marie 1985 U.S. performance
Jermaine Jackson 1986 spring/summer/fall, U.S.
Cameo 1986 winter tour, U.S.
Madonna 1987 world tour, Japan/U.S./Europe
Elton John 1988 summer/fall, U.S.
Elton John 1989 spring tour, Europe/U.K.
Elton John 1989 fall tour, U.S.
Madonna 1990 world tour, U.S./Japan/Europe
George Michael 1991 tour, U.S.
George Michael 1991 tour, Europe/South America
Janet Jackson 1993-94 Janet tour
Michael Jackson 1996 History tour
Television
and Video Credits
Madonna Virgin Tour Live Video
Richard Marx Keep Comin Back Video
Madonna Ciao Italia Live Video
Madonna Holiday Tour Live Video
Marilyn Martin Possessive Love
Elton John/Bernie Taupin Two Rooms Video
Michael Jackson/The Jackson's Billy Jean Live Video
Randy Jackson Bass Instructional Video
The Jackson's 20/20
Brenda Russel Arsenio Hall Show
The Jackson's Good Morning America
Richard Marx/Eagles Bassist NBC 70's Special
Lionel Richie/Eddie Murphy Saturday Nite Live
The O'Jays Arsenio Hall show
Isaac Hayes/Rick James The A-team
Jasmine Guy Arsenio Hall Show
Greg Phillengaines Solid Gold
Byron Allen Show House Band Drummer
The Kane Gang Too of the Pops
Wilson Phillips Arsenio Hall Show
Tony Terry Top of the Pops
Lyndsay Buckingham Arsenio Hall Show
Cameo Solid Gold
Wilson Phillips The Tonight Show (Jay Leno)
Lionel Richie The Tonight Show (Johnny Carson)
Go West Arsenio Hall Show
Cameo 1986 Late Night (Joan Rivers)
George Michael/Elton John Don't let the sun go down
on me Video
Recorded
with the following artists
The Jackson's
Marilyn Martin
Paul Pesco
ANLI (Japanese pop star)
Jermaine Jackson
Timothy B. Smith
Chico DeBarge
Brian Eno
Janet Jackson
John Gibson
Elton John
Barry Manilow
Madonna
Anamotion
Doug Miller
George Michael
Julian Lennon
Finis Henderson
Carrie Lucas
Richard Marx
Peter Cetera
Bill Wolfer
Louis Conte
Bill Meyers
Kenny Loggins
Yarbrough and Peoples
Nia Peoples
Evelyn Champagne King
Diana Ross
Moses Tyson
Michael Wycoff
Sing King Talking
Atlantic Star
Fee Waybill
Nik Kamen
Ten Inch Men
Producer
and songwriter credits
- Chico
DeBarge for Coming to America film 1988 release
Credits: songwriter, arranger, background vocals,
drum overdubs, producer.
- La
Toya Jackson Love Song (1981)
Credits: Co-writer with Tito Jackson
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