George Pajon, Jr. | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | George Pajon, Jr. |
Born |
Los Angeles, California, United States |
April 10, 1969
Genres | Blues, jazz, jazz fusion, hip hop, R&B, electronica, hip house, rock, funk |
Occupation(s) | Guitarist, musician, songwriter, composer, record producer |
Instruments | Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, sitar |
Years active | 1986–present |
Associated acts | Cairo Knife Fight, The Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Bucky Jonson |
George Pajon, Jr. (born April 10, 1969) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. In addition to being one of The Black Eyed Peas' key performing and recording musicians, Pajon is also a songwriter and producer that has co-written many of the group’s most popular hits.
Pajon has recording credits as a songwriter, producer or musician with Fergie, Carlos Santana, Sting, Ricky Martin, will.i.am, Macy Gray, Candy Dulfer, Los Lonely Boys, Cheryl Cole, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Kelis, Richard Cheese, Nas, Damien Marley, Sérgio Mendes, J.Period, John Legend, Jully Black, Venus Brown, M. Pokora, Klaus Badelt, Kidz Bop Kids, Kim Dotcom, Tre Hardson and various other artists.
Pajon has contributed to movie soundtracks such as The Best Man Holiday, Poseidon, Scary Movie, Made, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Our Family Wedding, Knight and Day and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle among others in either a songwriter, record producer or musician role. Pajon has contributed to television soundtracks such as Live From Studio Five, The Voice of the Philippines, The Voice UK, The X Factor and Dancing With The Stars among others. He co-wrote the theme and title credit to Samurai Jack, the animated cartoon series.