Jacob Sacks is an American
jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Sacks is originally from Michigan.
[Ratliff, Ben (October 19, 1999) "A Contest Befitting Monk". ''The New York Times''. pp. E1, E4.] He met drummer
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at the
Manhattan School of Music
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. Sacks was a finalist in the 1999
Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, aged 22.
Sacks was part of bassist
Eivind Opsvik's quartet. Sacks has for a long time played in a trio with the bassist
Thomas Morgan and drummer Dan Weiss, and in a duo with vocalist Yoon Sun Choi.
Sacks has also played and recorded with harpsichord and other keyboard instruments.
[Drouot, Alain (July 2012) "Eivind Opsvik – Overseas IV". ''Down Beat''. p. 48.]
Playing style
Nate Chinen of ''
The New York Times'' commented that Sacks is "drawn to the subtler, deeper mechanics of harmony and form."
[Chinen, Nate (May 30, 2014]
"A Pianist Stands Out As a Leader by Fitting In with the Group"
''The New York Times''.
Compositions
Sacks "isn't averse to succinctness or simplicity as a composer".
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
As leader/co-leader
As sideman
References
External links
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American jazz pianists
American male pianists
Living people
21st-century American pianists
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
The Delphian Jazz Orchestra members