Reggae Loses Its Heartbeat: Bass Great Jackie Jackson Dies

Reggae Loses Its Heartbeat: Bass Great Jackie Jackson Dies

Reggae Loses Its Heartbeat: Bass Great Jackie Jackson Dies - DancehallMag. Toots Hibbert (left), frontman of Toots and The Maytals, with band members (back row) bass guitarist Jackie Jackson and drummer Paul Douglas. At front. DancehallMag is an independent news outlet that covers all things Dancehall and Reggae music, the artists, and culture.

Jackie Jackson, Reggae Bassist for Toots and the Maytals, Dies at 79

Jackie Jackson, the bassist behind landmark recordings by Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley and Paul Simon, has died at 79. Remember his influential bass lines.

Jackie Jackson, Reggae Bass Legend and Toots and the Maytals Member, Dies at 79

Jackie Jackson, the Jamaican bassist whose distinctive playing helped define the sound of rocksteady and reggae on recordings by Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Paul Simon and countless others, died on September 23, 2026. He was 79. Born Clifton Jackson in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 23, 1947, Jackson grew up […]