Cool Jazz Artists in Fox's American Idol Bands

Maybe some of you who are AI television viewers have noticed some awesome contemporary jazz artists playing LIVE in the AI bands.

Notable greats such as guitarist,

Paul Jackson, Jr.

and sax player

Gerald Albright

have been performing recently as AI finalists sing to win votes from fans to stay in the running from week to week. For the last four seasons, Paul Jackson Jr has been involved with AI.

Also, an eye opener for me was when I even saw Randy Jackson
(one of AI’s judges) jamming on his bass guitar at the
48^th Annual Grammy Awards
as many other artists performed.