Sacha Perry (born May 1, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer and pedagogue.
Education and career
Sacha Perry is an exponent of the
bebop
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early-to-mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumen ...
and
hard bop
Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...
styles, which he learned as a protégé of
Barry Harris
Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style.
Life and career
Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan, on December ...
and
Frank Hewitt, and he particularly carries the tradition of vernacular musicians
Bud Powell,
Elmo Hope
St. Elmo Sylvester Hope (June 27, 1923 – May 19, 1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were ...
,
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
and
Herbie Nichols.
[Conrad, T.]
"Sacha Perry: The Third Time Around"
''JazzTimes
''JazzTimes'' is an American magazine devoted to jazz. Published 10 times a year, it was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1970 by Ira Sabin as the newsletter ''Radio Free Jazz'' to complement his record store.
Coverage
After a decade of growt ...
'', April 26, 2019. Perry appears regularly at
Smalls Jazz Club in New York, the record label of which releases his albums featuring his compositions. He has worked closely with
Aaron Johnson,
Teddy Charles
Teddy Charles (April 13, 1928 – April 16, 2012) was an American jazz musician and composer, whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums.
Career
Born Theodore Charles Cohen in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States, he ...
and
Bob Mover
Bob Mover (born March 22, 1952) is an alto, tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist and a vocalist. His father was a musician who played professionally including stints with the Charlie Spivak orchestra. He started playing the alto saxophone at age ...
, among other jazz musicians.
As teacher
Sacha Perry has taught piano at Jazz Futures in
Nicosia and in New York.
Discography
As leader
* ''Eretics'' (Smalls, 2005)
* ''Not Brand X'' (Smalls, 2007)
* ''Third Time Around'' (Smalls, 2007)
As sideman
*
Chris Byars, ''
Photos in Black, White and Gray'' (Smalls, 2007)
[Dorward, N.]
"Chris Byars / Photos in Black, White and Gray"
''Coda'', July 2007.
* Zaid Nasser, ''Escape From New York'' (Smalls, 2007)
* Zaid Nasser, ''Off Minor'' (Smalls, 2008)
References
Notes
Citations
External links
Sacha Perrydiscography at
Discogs
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Sacha Perryat
AllMusic
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*
SmallsLIVE FoundationSacha Perry 2007–present
1970 births
American jazz pianists
20th-century African-American musicians
20th-century American keyboardists
21st-century African-American musicians
21st-century American composers
21st-century American keyboardists
21st-century jazz composers
African-American jazz pianists
Living people
American jazz composers
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