Jaxon was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was raised in the south valley area of town. He was exposed to live music at a very young age from his father who has been a musician for the majority of his lifetime. It was through his father that he was exposed to genres of music not typical for a Latino family from New Mexico. Many of the youth Jaxon’s age were raised on various types of Spanish music but this was not the case for a young Jaxon. He was open to the musical elements of artists or groups like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and James Brown. Due to the fact that his father was a saxophone player he was also exposed to brass heavy groups such as Tower of Power and Earth, Wind and Fire. These many influences would serve to inspire Jaxon in his musical tastes and also in the creative process and musical elements that he himself applies to his songwriting and producing. In the later years of his musical journey he also ...