Jakko Jakszyk

Jakko Jakszyk

Jakko M. Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran, 8 June 1958, London) is an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer (as well as being an occasional comedian and raconteur). In addition to pursuing a solo career, he has been a member of Level 42, 64 Spoons, The Lodge, Dizrhythmia, The Tangent and 21st Century Schizoid Band and has collaborated with a variety of other musicians including Tom Robinson, Robert Fripp and Dave Stewart as well as having an extensive and well-respected career as a session musician (e.g. with Sam Brown (singer)). He is frequently referred to simply as "Jakko", and several of his releases are credited to this shorter name.