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 Dan Weiss at the Manhattan School of Music.
[Panken, Ted (August 2010) "Dan Weiss – Tabla-Informed Concentration". Down Beat. p. 22.] Sacks was a finalist in the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, aged 22.
Sacks was part of bassist
Eivind Opsvik's quartet.
[Margasak, Peter (September 2009) "Eivind Opsvik – Nordic Grit Meets Neil Young". Down Beat. p. 24.] 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
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| 2005 | Two Miles a Day | Loyal / Yeah Yeah | Quartet, with Mat Maneri (viola, violin), Eivind Opsvik (bass), Paul Motian (drums) |
| 2008 | Imagination: The Music of Joe Raposo | Yeah Yeah | Duo, co-led with Yoon Sun Choi (vocals) |
| 2013* | No Man's Land | Yeah Yeah | Quintet, with Andrew Bishop (clarinet, tenor sax), John Wojciechowski (tenor sax), Tim Flood (bass), Dan Weiss (drums) |
As sideman
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| 2010* | | Aliso | Criss Cross Jazz |
| 2010* | | Timshel | Sunnyside |
| 2010* | | Labyrinth | Manricks |
| 2012* | | Unhinged | Irabbagast |
| 2012* | | Overseas IV | Loyal |
| 2014* | | Fourteen | Pi Recordings |
| 2014* | | Road Trip | RKM |
| 2017* | | The Time Verses | Criss Cross Jazz |
| 2020* | | Yeo-Neun | Shelter Press |
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