Jacob Sacks

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Jacob Sacks at the Moers Festival 2015

Jacob Sacks (* 1977 in Monroe , Michigan ) is an American jazz pianist and composer .

Live and act

Jacob Sacks had piano lessons from the age of five; as a teenager he began to occupy himself with jazz and improvisation. He first played with local bands in the Ann Arbor and Toledo (Ohio) area , before he received a grant ( Presidential Scholar in the Arts ) to study at the Manhattan School of Music (lessons with Garry Dial ) in 1995 . After graduating in 1998, he was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk competition the following year . In 1999 he presented his debut album Region , which contained his own compositions and was composed of a quintet with Andrew Bishop, John Wojciechowski , Tim Flood and Dan Weiss .

In the 2000s, Sacks u. a. with David Binney , Jakob Garchik , Eivind Opsvik and Ohad Talmor , in the following decade also with Jon Irabagon and Christophe Schweizer . He also works in a duo with the singer Yoon Sun Choi , with whom he recorded a tribute album for the Sinatra songwriter Joe Raposo. a. also performed in New York's Carnegie Hall . In the field of jazz, Sacks was involved in 39 recording sessions between 1999 and 2017. Sacks, who lives in Brooklyn, is currently (2014) working in a trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Dan Weiss, in the Landlines quartet with Chet Doxas , Zack Lober and Vinnie Sperrazza . In November 2014 Sacks made a guest appearance at the SWR New Jazz Meeting and performed with Melissa Aldana , Kirk Knuffke , Jakob Bro , Joe Martin and RJ Miller .

Discographic notes

Web links

Commons : Jacob Sacks  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review of the album Region by Michael G. Nastos on Allmusic (English). Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  2. ^ Review of the album Imagination: The Music of Raposo at Allmusic (English). Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.carnegiehall.org
  4. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 12, 2018)
  5. ↑ Landlines at Smalls  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.smallslive.com  
  6. ^ Nate Chinen: A Pianist Stands Out as a Leader by Fitting in With the Group (2014) in The New York Times
personal data
SURNAME Sacks, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Monroe (Michigan)