Vocal Music Arts
355 West Monticello St.
Brookhaven, Mississippi
Multiple Grammy nominated world renowned guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer, actor, musical director, Mississippi Blues Legend, and Mississippi Cultural Art Ambassador.
Vasti (pronounced Vast-Eye) Jackson is the consummate professional, with more than fifty years in the music industry. From his early beginnings performing churches, and juke joints in McComb, Mississippi, to festivals, Concerts, and theaters in forty five foreign countries.
2026 found Vasti serving as Producer, arranger, musical director, and guitarist for Tyler Perry’s hit Netflix movie “Joe’s college Road Trip”.
2025 co-produced Visit Mississippi’s “Crossroads” Songs Around The World with Mark Johnson. With more than three millions views on Youtube, alone. Vasti serves a arranger, musical director, featured vocalist, and guitarist. Also, special guest performer with Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience. 2023 Vasti completed a five year run as Ike Turner in the international hit musical “Simply The Best” The Tina Turner story.
2022 JMA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, 2019 Sweden’s Polar Music Award (with Playing For Change) 2017 Arts Ambassador, 2016 Grammy Nominee, 2015 Albert King Lifetime Guitar Award recipient, 2014 Mississippi Cultural ambassador, and 2012 Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee. Vasti Jackson is a true renaissance man in the world of music! Move effortlessly from blues, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae, and country.
What do BB King, The Doobie Brothers, Bobby Bland, Jimmy Buffet, ZZ Hill, Harry Connick, Jr., Martin Scorsese, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Rush, Dr. John, Cassandra Wilson, and Mississippi have in common? Vasti Jackson!
As an actor Vasti performed the roll of Old Lucas in the New Stage Theatre presentation of Hell In High Water, also serving as composer, and musical director, the lead role as Robert Johnson in the theatrical presentation Robert Johnson: The Man The Myth The Music, and as Hobo Bill in the stage play Jimmie Rodgers: Americas’ Blue Yodeler.
Vasti is guest artist, and composer with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
With the Playing For Change Foundation Vasti has developed thirty seven music programs across twenty six countries. “Creating Positive Change Through Music, and Arts Education” serve more than two thousand students.
As an educator, Vasti communicates with enthusiasm, compassion, patience, and an innate ability to connect with each audience member.
From elementary school age children to adults in masters degree programs. Vasti utilizes oral history traditions, humor, vocalization, instrumental virtuosity, and interactive participation through the medium of music.
Vasti Jackson is the only Mississippian to have two recordings nominated for the Grammy Award in the same category, with one win in the same year.
vastijacksonmusic@gmail.com PH: 601-329-6876 www.vastijackson.com