“Jackson mixes poetic, intelligent lyrics with a voice that at one moment sounds as if it could knock you on your back and the next as if it could be shattered by so much as a breath.”
-Performing Songwriter
“The way she sings makes the most cynical dreamer want to fall in love again, the high risk notwithstanding." - Frank Goodman/Pure Music
“Jenifer Jackson is an artist possessed of complexity and grace."
- Clay Steakley/Nashville Rage
"I can't believe how great she is. I'm hard to impress when it comes to singer songwriters. She belongs with some of the best I've ever heard.” John Swenson/UPI
“Jackson’s lyrics are simple, heartfelt and revealing; matched with the soaring silk of her voice- they'll send you into a veritable swoon.” -Splendid
Jenifer Jackson is a singer’s singer and a writer’s writer. Her soulful, wistful voice coupled with her classic, melodic writing have critics comparing her to such notables as Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Astrid Gilberto, Burt Bacharach and Marvin Gaye.
She has toured the USA and Europe promoting her numerous releases: Love Lane, Slowly Bright, Birds, Together in Time, So High and now, Passaporto and Outskirts of a Giant Town.
Jackson’s bandmates and collaborators include Paul Bryan (Aimee Mann), Pat Sansone (Wilco), Sonny Barbato, Oren Bloedow (Elysian Fields, Chocolate Genius), Greg Wiz, Nate Walcott (Brighteyes), Nashville’s Brad Jones and Jay Bellerose (Joe Henry).
She supported Jules Shear on his US Duet tour, and has toured overseas with Jack Bruce, Hugo Race, Chris Brokaw, Marta Collica, Richard Julian, and many more.
Jenifer composed the score for the award winning indie feature film Daydream Believer, which won a 2001 Independent Spirit Award. She has recorded and released an album of standard jazz duets with her father Julian, called Together In Time. Among her other collaborations, she has co-written songs with Austin's Troy Campbell, with Swan Dive for their album June (Compass) and with Mads Mouritz for his Danish release This Chaos Called Love. She also co-starred with Rosie Perez in the off-off Broadway play Brooklyn Bridge.
Her release on Bar None Records, So High, made its mark on radio stations nationwide and landed on many a year-end "Best of 2003" lists including: WKUT in Austin and WFUV in New York. Tangents UK named So High “Best Soft Pop Album" of 2003. Jenifer appeared on World Cafe with David Dye, Mountain Stage, and NPR's "All Things Considered"
So High was released in France on Bad Reputation Records during Spring of 2005 and it incudes two French re-mixes—“La Force de L'Amour” and “Si Haut”.
Also in 2005, Jenifer recorded a yet to be released album of Goffin-King hits from the 60's and 70's, which was produced by Pat Sansone. (Wilco, Autumn Defense).
Jackson performed at the legendary Olympia Theater in Paris for the first International Crossroads Night, and was a featured performer in the nationally syndicated television series "Spotlight On Performing Songwriters". The year ended with a tour of Italy and co-writing and recording two songs with the Italian band Noorda for their CD, L'antipole, (Desvelos Records).
Look for two new independent releases from this prolific songbird; Outskirts of a Giant Town and Passaporto a collection of romantic, acoustic songs in sung Italian, Portuguese, French and Spanish both produced by Brad Jones.
