Ottawa-born, NY-based D.D. Jackson is a 2x Emmy-winning (5x nominated) composer/songwriter/producer for t.v. and film; a (Canadian) Juno-winning jazz pianist/composer with 13 recordings featuring mostly original material as leader or co-leader (including 2 on the major label BMG); an award-winning educator (currently teaching Media Scoring at Feirstein’s Graduate School of Cinema, and music tech at Jay-Z’s “Roc Nation” school at LIU Brooklyn); and a former writer for DownBeat magazine (where he wrote the column “Living Jazz” for several years). Current projects: A Canada Council-supported “Poetry Project” featuring diverse poets and musicians from across Canada set to his music, with songs originally commissioned by George Elliott Clarke.