Joe Jackson’s first break came in 1978 when he was signed to A&M Records. The debut album, LOOK SHARP, was recorded right away and released in 1979, to be followed in the same year by I’M THE MAN, and in 1980 by BEAT CRAZY. The Joe Jackson Band were wildly successful and toured constantly for three years, getting up to all the usual mischief. After the breakup, Jackson took a vacation’ from his own music and made an album of old jump-blues and swing tunes, JUMPIN’ JIVE. He then returned to songwriting with a style which was both more sophisticated and truer to his eclectic roots, and the next decade saw him constantly pushing the pop envelope without ever actually abandoning it. Joe recorded and toured throughout the 80s, releasing NIGHT AND DAY (1982), BODY AND SOUL (1984), BIG WORLD (1986) and BLAZE OF GLORY (1989). There was also an album of instrumental compositions, WILL POWER (1987) and the double album LIVE 1980-86, which contained many new versions of older songs. In 1991, Jackson signed to Virgin Records and made his last truly mainstream pop/rock album, LAUGHTER AND LUST. After a world tour, Joe took a couple of years off to contemplate his next move. The result was NIGHT MUSIC (1994), a gentle, soul-searching record and an artistic breakthrough. Joe’s next album, HEAVEN AND HELL (1997) was released in an innovative new partnership with Sony Classical. This was followed in 1999 by the non-traditional, non-orchestral SYMPHONY NO. 1, and his debut as an author, A CURE FOR GRAVITY, a book about music thinly disguised as a memoir. More recently, Joe released FAST FORWARD in 2015. Joe Jackson continues to tour the globe.
