Sacha Perry (born May 1, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer and pedagogue.

Education and career

Sacha Perry is an exponent of the

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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

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and Frank Hewitt, and he particularly carries the tradition of vernacular musicians

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and

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"Sacha Perry: The Third Time Around"
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'', April 26, 2019. Perry appears regularly at

Smalls Jazz Club Smalls Jazz Club is a jazz club at 183 West 10th Street, Greenwich Village, New York City. Established in 1994, it earned a reputation in the 1990s as a "hotbed for New York's jazz talent" with a "well-deserved reputation as one of the best plac ...

in New York, the record label of which releases his albums featuring his compositions. He has worked closely with Aaron Johnson,

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and

Bob Mover Bob Mover (born 1952) is an alto, tenor and soprano jazz saxophonist and a vocalist. He has been described as "the highly respected and extraordinary alto saxophonist, teacher, and theoretician". Early years and education His father was a mus ...

, among other jazz musicians.

As teacher

Sacha Perry has taught piano at Jazz Futures in

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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.
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''Coda'', July 2007. * Zaid Nasser, ''Escape From New York'' (Smalls, 2007) * Zaid Nasser, ''Off Minor'' (Smalls, 2008)

References

Notes

Citations

External links

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Sacha Perry
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