I AM HIS NANNA (LAVERN JONES LEMONS) AND MY GRANDSON'S (LEELAN JR) BIGGEST SUPPORTER!

LEELAN JACKSON JR IS MY SON'S CHILD. BECAUSE OF LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE RAISED LEELAN SINCE HE WAS ONE MONTH OLD. HE'S TWENTY YEARS OLD. MUSIC PLAYS A HUGE PART IN HIS LIFE AND I'M THERE TO SUPPORT THE BEST I CAN. HE'S BEEN WRITING MUSIC SINCE HE WAS SIXTEEN. HE CAN COMPOSE MUSIC, ARRANGE, PRODUCE, SONGWRITER, PERCUSSIONIST AND SINGER. 

NOW HE'S IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCAL BANDS. LEELAN PLAYS BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS WHEN NEEDED. HE WANTS TO REMAIN AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST.

PLEASE CHECK OUT LEELAN AND ME ON THE VARIOUS WEBSITES SUCH AS: YOUTUBE, TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. I'M ON TWITTER AND NOW X. PLEASE SHARE OUR INFO AND LEAVE A COMMENT. WE THANK YA'LL KINDLY. AFTER ALL MUSIC IS A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY!

THE BOBBY REED SHOW

LEELAN JACKSON JR HAS APPEARED ON THE BOBBY REED REUNION SHOW FOUR TIMES. MR REED IS A LOCAL ENTERTAINER AND HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. HE SHOWCASES LOCAL TALENTS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THE CROWD LOVES LEELAN'S DRUM VERSION OF A SONG TITLED "WIPEOUT" BY THE SURFARIS AND HE SINGS A SOULFUL "TENNESSEE WHISKEY". LEELAN AT TIMES GETS A STANDING OVATION!

LEELAN JACKSON JR ATTENDS THE GLOBAL JAZZ WORKSHOP JULY 2024 IN AUSTIN TEXAS!

 LEELAN SUMITTED DIFFERENT JAZZ TRACKS FOR THE UPCOMING GLOBAL JAZZ WORKSHOP IN SUMMER 2024 AND TO BE HELD IN AUSTIN TEXAS (AUSTIN IS KNOWN AS THE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD)! HE WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN CHRISTIAN WIGGS SENT HIM A TEXT AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. CHRISTIAN WIGGS IS FROM LAKE JACKSON TEXAS AND HE ATTENDED BRAZOSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO, CHRISTIAN IS A GREAT VOCALIST, BANDLEADER, PRODUCER AND MUCH MORE. SOME GOOD NEWS FOR LEELAN BECAUSE OF THE JAZZ MUSIC THAT HE SUBMITTED. HE EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE PROGRAM AND HIS ROOM ALSO THE PROGRAM WAS PAID FOR. WHAT A GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR MY GRANDSON AND OUR FAMILY. 

LEELAN WAS TRULY EXCITED THAT HE WAS GOING TO MEET SOME OF THE GREATEST WORLD-KNOWN JAZZ ARTISTS AND JAZZ STUDENTS FROM PLACES WORLDWIDE. THE STUDENTS ATTENDED CLASS FOR FOUR DAYS TO LEARN HELPFUL ADVICE FROM SOME OF THE GUEST ARTISTS. THERE WAS TREMENDOUS INFORMATION ABOUT MUSIC FROM THESE WELL EDUCATED MUSICANS TO HELP YOU ALONG THIS MUSIC JOURNEY SAID MY GRANDSON. MOST OF ALL LEELAN WAS IN A LTTLE STATE OF SHOCK WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT SAXOPHONE PLAYER CHAD L B (CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN) WAS GOING TO BE THERE. LEELAN LOOKS UP TO THIS POWERFUL AND TAENTED SAX PLAYER. WHAT A DREAM COME TRUE THAT MY GRANDSON WAS ON STAGE WITH THE PHENOMENAL CHAD L B! ON FRIDAY JULY 26TH, 2024 THE STUDENTS ALONG WITH THE GUEST JAZZ ARTISTS PERFORMED AT MONKS. MONKS IS A FAMOUS JAZZ CLUB IN AUSTIN. WHAT A SUMMER TO REMEMBER!

LEELAN JACKSON JR'S FRESHMAN YEAR AT BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE AND A TEXAS ALL-STATER TWICE

AFTER GRADUATION IN MAY 2023. LEELAN DECIDED TO ATTEND BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE AND MAJOR IN MUSIC. DIRECTOR RICHARD BIRK WANTED LEELAN TO TRY OUT FOR ALL STATE AGAIN. LEELAN SUBMITTED WORK/MUSIC TO TMEA (TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSCOCIATION) TO BE JUDGED. BAND STUDENTS IN TEXAS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES COULD APPLY. LEELAN WAS SELECTED BY (TMEA) AS THE SECOND-BEST DRUMMER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH NUMEROUS OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN NOVEMBER 2023. HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WILL PAY OFF. 

IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO IS THE AWESOME CONDUCTOR BRAD LEALI. BRAD IS NOTED AS A TOP JAZZ SAXOPHONIST. LEELAN ON THE DRUMS IN THE TOP PICTURE. BRAD ALLOWED LEELAN TO END THE SHOW. THIS EVENT WAS IN FEBRUARY 2024 AT THE HENRY B GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. AND LEELAN RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION FOR HIS PERFORMANCE!

LEELAN JACKSON JR WAS ON THE DRUMLINE TEAM ALL FOUR YEARS AT BRAZOSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL!

 LEELAN IS VERY PASSIONATE, SERIOUS AND DEDICATED WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC.

LEELAN JACKSON JR'S LAST SOLO IN CONCERT AT BRAZOSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL/SENIOR 2023!

DRUMMER LEELAN WAS TOLD THAT HE LOOKED LIKE THE SINGER MAXWELL ON THIS PHOTO.

THREE-YEAR-OLD LEELAN JACKSON JR ON KANI RADIO STATION

 LEELAN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CHILD. I TAUGHT HIM SO MUCH AS A YOUNG CHILD. HE HAD SUCH A GREAT MEMORY AND WAS WILLING TO LEARN. WHEN OFTEN READING VARIOUS BOOKS TO HIM. THEN HE COULD TELL ME WHAT THE BOOKS SAID. AT THIS AGE LEELAN WAS SPEAKING IN CHURCH. QUOTING BIBLE VERSES IN CHURCH OR DOING SMALL SPEECHES. HE STARTED SINGING IN CHURCH BY THE AGE OF FOUR. ON THIS PHOTO HE'S SPEAKING ON LIVE RADIO IN WHARTON TEXAS AND HIS HOMETOWN!