Jack Ashford (born May 18, 1934), known to his friends as Jashford, is an American musician widely known as the percussionist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and early 1970s. Ashford is most famous for playing the tambourine on hundreds of Motown recordings. With the death of Joe Messina in April 2022, Ashford is the last surviving member of the Funk Brothers.[a]
Jack Ashford
Ashford at a ceremony in March 2013 to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the Funk Brothers
In the 1960s and 1970s, Ashford worked closely with singer and songwriter Lorraine Chandler, setting up Pied Piper Productions, and working with her on her own records and those of other musicians in Detroit such as Eddie Parker.[2]
Ashford moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. The early 1980s saw production work from Ashford but it proved to be the end of his career in music. However, in 2014, he made a recent appearance on The Secret Sisters' second album Put Your Needle Down.[3]
He is not known to be related to famed singer-songwriter Nick Ashford, who also worked for Motown Records.
Jack Ashford Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2013)
January 04, 2024
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