Tonewall is the name for his idea - and his unique bank of interactive music technology. This features Soundbeams and his own Echo-Mirrors and unique Jellybean Eye. His work is about creating music with groups of people of all levels of ability and even profound disability - and joining them on stage. In 12 years of freelance work, David has taken "non-musicians" into performance with: professional Orchestral and jazz musicians; Caribbean Festivals; with Harpists and Darlecs at Covent Garden; with Bell Ringers at the QEH and with River Dancers at The Point in Dublin. Integration and inclusion - and the challenge of making peoples' own ideas work - are what makes David's music tick

Tonewall provides an ideal opportunity for adults and children with physical or learning difficulties to experience the joy and sense of empowernment that creating music can achieve. Workshops for mainstream schools/community groups also undertaken.

JAXON'S MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/davidjacksontonewall

LATEST JAXONEWS - Projects & Events:

Music on my mind: Jaxon on SEN Magazine

"I am a 62-year-old musician and composer. I was in the band Van der Graaf Generator and I now play with Osanna, a progressive rock band from Naples. I am also a teacher and, since 1996, I’ve been running music workshops and big performance events at SCOPE's Meldreth Manor, a school for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and additional sensory impairments. After all these years, I’m still loving it..."

This piece about David appeared on SEN (Special Education Needs) Magazine - you can read it online or download the PDF (extract from issue #43 of SEN Magazine).

NEW DVD!
David Jackson: Celebration Concert zusammen mit Menschen aus Bethel.
DVD-Box: Euro 14,90
Bethel - ISBN 987-3-935972-24-6

This is an unmissable professional film made during my two day visit to Neue Schmiede, Bethel in November 2007, to make music. This fantastic package includes:- film of workshops with commentary in English or German: the entire Concert; a 28 page booklet with stunning b/w photos by Veit Mette; and a mini CD - what we call ‘The Diamonds’. (Recorded in an old German barn, these improvisations on themes from VdGG were especially made with love ‘whilst the notes were still in my hands’. With beautiful production by Manfred Knoop, this is a special token for connoisseurs – and is recommended for a ‘shuffle recognition game’.) DJ
Prof. Dr. Michael Seidel: ‘I also found the audience to be fascinated in a variety of ways:- some disrupted in such a beautiful way, while others were very quietly involved; some swayed along and were simply enchanted by the whole thing. The Concert was an unbelievable and wonderful result. So for me, it was just a typical example of how we can finally bring people together with disabilities and without disabilities. How suddenly the topic ‘disability’ becomes secondary, if not third rate - and a side issue.’

Available in all German Bookshops:- ISBN 987-3-935972-24-6 (price €14.90)
or email:-bethel-verlag@bethel.de
http://www.bethel.de/bethel_de/infos_und_termine/bethel_verlag.php
or email:- (€14.90 + p&p: payable by Western Union Service; PayPal)
knoop@bethel.de
or email:- (€14.90 + p&p; payable in cash £,€,$; postal order or PayPal)
tonewall@btinternet.com

2009/10 Tonewall Workshops, Concerts & Training Projects include:

*TWINKLE* - Montacute School with Primary, Secondary and College Teams: Concert 12/3/10 The Lighthouse, Poole
‘Alice in Wonderland’ - Meldreth Manor School - with Primary School involvement - ongoing
‘Aranäsgymnasiet’ – a return trip to Kungsbacka, Sweden
‘Delta Centre’ & ‘St Laserians School’ - Carlow Ireland
‘The Senses’ - Farnborough PAG - Disability Music Festival
‘Can Do!’ – Annual Uxbridge Disability Festival
‘Ongoing Tonewall Projects’ – in Kent, Hertfordshire, Suffolk & other counties

DVDs in the distant pipeline:

*Twinkle* at The Anvil 11/7/08 – a brilliant film made by Elliott Kowitz
‘Suoni della Dolomiti – Jackson, Mayes, Rabbia 23/7/08’– another brilliant film made by Elliott Kowitz

N.y.X: "Down in Shadows"

A new album from the italian band N.y.X., featuring David Jackson & Trey Gunn!

Web: http://www.nyxsound.com

Photo gallery of Rome's gig with Osanna & Gianni Leone (Balletto di Bronzo)
Stazione Birra (26.01.2009) - photo © Luca Fiaccavento