Jakko Jakszyk

Birth : 1958-06-08,

History

Michael "Jakko" Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran; 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. As of 2013, he is the current lead singer and second guitarist in King Crimson: an accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he also pursues a solo career. His work has been variously credited as "Jakko", "Jakko Jakszyk", and "Jakko M. Jakszyk".

Profile

Movies

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

The film explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former members of King Crimson, allowing the audience an intimate and sometimes uncomfortable insight into the musicians’ experience as they confront life and death head on in the world’s most demanding rock band.

King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City

Himself

Live performance during the King Crimson's five nights residency at Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City in July 2017. Robert Fripp: Guitar & keyboards Mel Collins: Saxes & flute Gavin Harrison: Drums, Jakko Jakszyk: Guitar & voice Tony Levin: Basses & stick Pat Mastelotto: Drums, Bill Rieflin: Keyboards Jeremy Stacey: Drums & keyboards

King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind

Guitar & voice

A comprehensive and immersive account of the 2015 live incarnation of the ever evolving entity that is the mighty King Crimson.

King Crimson: Heaven & Earth

Himself

Heaven & Earth is the seventh box set in a series which will, when complete, cover all periods of King Crimson activity from 1969 to the present era. Blu-Ray video contains Europe 2000 - The Bootleg TV tour, which features around 10 hours of audio/video mostly never seen/heard since the concerts with versions of selected songs and improvs (usually two per night of each) from almost every show. Includes footage and music from 20 performances.