Jackson teams up with Abdul for solo album

American Idol judge Randy Jackson is to release his first solo album in March.

Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1 will feature the Paula Abdul collaboration 'Dance Like There's No Tomorrow' – his fellow judge's first recording in a decade.

Mariah Carey, Joss Stone and 2006 Idol runner up Katharine McPhee have also lent their vocal talents to the album, which is to be released in the US on March 11.

Jackson played with US rockers Journey in the 1980s, before earning bass credits on records by Madonna, Tracy Chapman and Celine Dion. He later took on an executive role at Columbia Records, before becoming an American Idol judge in 2002.