Wayne Jackson (musician)

Wayne Lamar Jackson (November 24, 1941 – June 21, 2016) was an American soul and R&B musician, playing the trumpet in The Mar-Keys, in the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns, described as "arguably the greatest soul horn section ever".

Jackson was born in West Memphis, Arkansas, just a few days apart from his musical partner Andrew Love with whom he created the signature horn sound at Stax on hit records by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and others. Jackson was also the voice on the Mar-Keys singular hit "Last Night", due in part, to his proximity to the microphone.

After the years recording at Stax, they incorporated themselves into The Memphis Horns and began freelancing, recording on sessions for such artists as Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley, Al Green, and Dusty Springfield. The duo also toured with The Doobie Brothers, Jimmy Buffett, Robert Cray, and numerous other performers.

In 2012, the Memphis Horns received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding artistic significance in music.

Jackson died on June 21, 2016, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis of congestive heart failure. His death came after several years of failing health during which he still maintained an active schedule earning an income by giving personalized guided tours at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. He was 74.

Discography
With Luther Allison With Otis Redding With Aretha Franklin With Rob Thomas With Mark Knopfler With Wilson Pickett With Bonnie Raitt With Dan Penn With Frank Black With B.B. King With Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris With Neil Young With Rita Coolidge With Rod Stewart With Stephen Stills With Rufus Thomas With Eddie Floyd With Rodney Crowell With Sting With Billy Joel With José Feliciano With Tony Joe White With Paul Young With Peter Gabriel With Joe Cocker With Yvonne Elliman With Lulu With James Taylor With William Bell With David Porter With Nicolette Larson With Tom Rush With Albert King With Jimmy Buffett With Carla Thomas With John Prine
 * Live in Chicago (Alligator, 1995 [1999])
 * Pain in My Heart (Atco Records, 1964)
 * The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (Atco Records, 1965)
 * Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Stax Records, 1965)
 * The Soul Album (Stax Records, 1966)
 * Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (Stax Records, 1966)
 * King & Queen (Stax Records, 1967)
 * The Dock of the Bay (Stax Records, 1968)
 * Aretha Now (Atlantic Records, 1968)
 * Young, Gifted and Black (Atlantic Records, 1972)
 * Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (Atlantic Records, 1973)
 * With Everything I Feel in Me (Atlantic Records, 1974)
 * Someday (Atlantic Records, 2010)
 * Sailing to Philadelphia (Mercury Records, 2000)
 * In the Midnight Hour (Atlantic Records, 1965)
 * The Exciting Wilson Pickett (Atlantic Records, 1966)
 * The Sound of Wilson Pickett (Atlantic Records, 1967)
 * Don't Knock My Love (Atlantic Records, 1971)
 * Longing in Their Hearts (Capitol Records, 1994)
 * Do Right Man (Sire Records, 1994)
 * Blue Nite Lounge (Dandy Records, 2000)
 * Fast Man Rider Man (Cooking Vinyl, 2006)
 * To Know You Is to Love You (ABC Records, 1973)
 * Friends (ABC Records, 1974)
 * All the Roadrunning (Mercury Records, 2006)
 * Prairie Wind (Reprise Records, 2005)
 * Letting You Go With Love (Victor, 1997)
 * Thinkin' About You (404 Music Group, 1998)
 * Soulbook (J Records, 2009)
 * Stephen Stills 2 (Atlantic Records, 1971)
 * Do the Funky Chicken (Stax Records, 1970)
 * Knock on Wood (Stax Records, 1967)
 * Street Language (Columbia Records, 1986)
 * Mercury Falling (A&M Records, 1996)
 * Storm Front (Columbia Records, 1989)
 * Memphis Menu (RCA Victor, 1972)
 * Tony Joe White (Warner Bros. Records, 1971)
 * Uncovered (Swamp Records, 2006)
 * The Crossing (Columbia Records, 1993)
 * So (Geffen, 1986)
 * Us (Real World Records, 1992)
 * Luxury You Can Afford (Asylum Records, 1978)
 * Rising Sun (RSO Records, 1975)
 * Melody Fair (Atco, 1970)
 * Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (Warner Bros. Records, 1971)
 * The Soul of a Bell (Stax Records, 1967)
 * Bound to Happen (Stax Records, 1969)
 * Relating (Stax Records, 1974)
 * Victim of the Joke? An Opera (Enterprise Records, 1971)
 * In the Nick of Time (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
 * Ladies Love Outlaws (Columbia Records, 1974)
 * Born Under a Bad Sign (Stax Records, 1967)
 * Floridays (MCA Records, 1986)
 * Hot Water (MCA Records, 1988)
 * Love Means... (Stax Records, 1971)
 * Common Sense (Atlantic Records, 1975)