Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (/ˈdʒæk.tʃɪk/JAK-chik,[1] born Michael Lee Curran, 8 June 1958)[2][3][4] is an English musician, record producer, and actor. He has released several solo albums as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as lead singer and second guitarist of King Crimson from 2013 to 2021 succeeding Adrian Belew in the role.[5] His work has been variously credited to "Jakko", "Jakko Jakszyk", and "Jakko M. Jakszyk".
Before joining King Crimson, he led bands for over thirty years, including 64 Spoons, Dizrhythmia, 21st Century Schizoid Band, Jakszyk Fripp Collins, and Rapid Eye Movement. He was a member of Level 42, the Lodge, and the Tangent and has collaborated with Tom Robinson, Peter Blegvad, Danny Thompson, Gavin Harrison, Warren Harry, Pandit Dinesh, and Dave Stewart. Jakszyk has also worked as a session musician and soundtrack producer.
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Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (/ˈdʒæk.tʃɪk/ JAK-chik, born Michael Lee Curran, 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. He has released...
unusual three-drumkit frontline, and new second guitarist and singer JakkoJakszyk. This version of King Crimson continued to tour from 2014 to 2021, and...
Miracles is the lone album by Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins, released in 2011. It united singer and guitarist JakkoJakszyk with three musicians best known...
(along with Pat Mastelotto and others) and played on two tracks on JakkoJakszyk's album The Bruised Romantic Glee Club. In 2010, Fripp contributed a...
McDonald on alto saxophone, flute and keyboards, and JakkoJakszyk on guitar and vocals. All but Jakszyk had previously been members of King Crimson in its...
well-respected art-pop guitarist, session player and sometime solo artist JakkoJakszyk: the former frontman for 64 Spoons, he'd also collaborated with Tom...
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Red in 1974, JakkoJakszyk on guitar and vocals, and Robert Fripp. All the shows on the tour were recorded on multitrack with JakkoJakszyk sorting through...
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The Road to Ballina is the fourth solo album by English musician Jakko M. Jakszyk. Unlike most of his other releases, it is a radio ballad composed of...
joined in 1994) and Gavin Harrison (since 2007), guitarist and vocalist JakkoJakszyk (since 2013), and drummer and keyboardist Jeremy Stacey (since 2016)...
remastered edition. A significantly different 5.1 surround sound mix by JakkoJakszyk was released as a CD/DVD-A release in October 2015 for the “40th Anniversary...
their 1978 Heavy Horses Tour, from 28 May 1978, remixed to stereo by JakkoJakszyk. The set also includes DVDs. Jethro Tull Ian Anderson – lead vocals...
Chris de Burgh, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, King Crimson's frontman, Jakko M Jakszyk, and Lenny Henry. Chegini started at the local TV as a puppeteer at...
Chinese performer Wang Yong of Cui Jian, the English musician JakkoJakszyk (on the 2011 Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins album A Scarcity of Miracles), J.B. Brubaker...
Although the band never met with commercial success, its various members (JakkoJakszyk, Lyndon Connah, Tam Neal, Andy Crawford and Ted Emmett) all went on...
featured on USA, remixed by Steven Wilson. 25 Islands (JakkoJakszyk Vocal) 1971, 2016 2017 JakkoJakszyk vocal overdub of "Islands" from Sailors' Tales. 26...
and groups who have included Show of Hands, Philip Jeays, Jan Allain, JakkoJakszyk, Stoney, Roddy Frame, Martyn Joseph, The Bewley Brothers and Paleday...
part of Faith, Folk and Anarchy, one with King Crimson lead singer JakkoJakszyk and eight solo albums. He has also released fan club-only bootlegs known...
and a live presentation, from 1975 in Palais des Sports, remixed by JakkoJakszyk. Also, an 80-page booklet featuring track-by-track annotations by Ian...
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