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Checking in with the harmonica master about his new bossa nova EP Charlie Goes Brazil

Catching up with the outstanding soulful songsmith about Burning the Bigtop Down

Tweet Share Sometimes people become such a vital, valuable force within a community it seems they were always part of it — no matter when they arrived, or where their previous stops might have been. That was clearly the case for the remarkable drummer, scat singer and bandleader Duffy Jackson, who became a cornerstone of Nashville’s jazz community from the day he arrived from Florida in the late 2000s until his death March 3 at age 67. Whether performing or teaching at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, playing residencies at Rudy’s Jazz Room and Acme Feed & Seed, or sharing h...