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Jacob Sacks

Jacob Sacks is one of the most creative pianists on the NYC jazz scene today. His strong individual voice has been heard in a variety of settings ranging from the mainstream jazz traditions of the Mingus Big Band and Orchestra to the open approach of the Paul Motian Septet to the vamp based fusion of David Binney’s Balance. Originally from Michigan, Jacob was a 1995 Presidential Scholar In The Arts before he moved to New York City to study with Garry Dial at the Manhattan School Of Music. After graduation in 1998, Jacob was a finalist in the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. In the last 12 years, Jacob has been a member of many different ensembles, recorded several albums, and has toured the United States, Europe, and Canada several times

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Synchronicity

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Synchronicity; Ordinary Waltz; Morning Glory; Salad for Lunch; Weeping Dream; Stimmung; Body Nor Soul.

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Article: Album Review

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity

Read "Synchronicity" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Bassist Jeong Lim Yang is a member of the Brooklyn jazz scene who has worked with many different musicians such as Jason Palmer, Oscar Noreiga, and Kenny Wollesen. On her third album as a leader, she uses a quartet combining motion and atmosphere with melodic beauty elements. The quartet has Mat Maneri on viola, ...

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Numerals

Label: Deepdig Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Keirin; Arthur's Bread; Épater Le Bourgeois; Suburban Talent; Karla; Bag Chags; Numerals; Tyranny Of Fine; Babysh!t.

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Outing

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Rollover; Incantation; Transformations; A Nice Boy/Discover Laughing; Stand in the River; Roundtable; The Gospel of Bone Drye; Shiny Stockings.

Album

Live in Red Hook

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024

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Article: Album Review

Don Peretz/Jacob Sacks: Numerals

Read "Numerals" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The integer most integral to Numerals is the number two. A duo date highlighting the communicative and experimental bents bonding drummer-composer Don Peretz with pianist Jacob Sacks, it was recorded in two parts, in two states, with two different modi operandi in play. The first session, at Kaleidoscope Sound in Union City, New Jersey, was entirely ...

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Song of the Day

For Tim Smith

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Label: Cygnus Recordings
Released: 2022
Duration: 5:39

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Rich in Symbols II

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Slopes of Sainte-Tite-Des-Caps; Snow Clouds; The Jack Pine; Tree Trunk; North Shore, Lake Superior; House of Yprès; The Front of Winter.

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Dedication

Label: Cygnus Recordings
Released: 2022
Track listing: For Tim Smith; For Vivienne; For Nancarrow; For George Floyd; For Jacob; For Andrei Tarkovsky; For Bacharach; For Elvin; For Grandma May.


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