Commercial: Biography
Linda Jackson, award-winning vocalist, composer and arranger, has recorded numerous vocals for television, film and radio. She began her industry career as a singing waitress at the world-famous Great American Food & Beverage Company in Santa Monica, California. Her contemporaries included Rickie Lee Jones, Mark Tanner of the Mark Tanner Group, Jamie Sherriff, Katie Sagal, Danny Kallis, David Chomsky and Matthew Wilder. As a session singer, Linda recorded and performed background vocals for David Foster, Rod Stewart, Lamont Dozier, Dr. John, Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Shadoe Stevens, Tierra, Nel Carter, the Grassroots, as well as composers John Williams, Charles Bernstein, Lennie Niehaus and Carter Burwell.
Ms Jackson's television credits include Loni Anderson's Easy Street, Time Cops and Disney's PB & J Otter among numerous others. Film credits include Play It to the Bone, Rosewood and Fatal Attraction. You have heard her vocals on radio promotions for Wrigley's chewing gum products and various advertising campaigns in the United States, Europe and Asia including California Egg Council (Clio Award), Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Vero Moda Designs. Currently, Ms. Jackson composes music cues for "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "Tyra" and "Extra Extra."
Ms Jackson also arranges vocals for Diavolo Dance Troupe and received the award for "Best Musical Direction" from Dramalog (now Back Stage West) for Odyssey Theater's Avenue X.