Jacob Sacks

Jacob Sacks is an American jazz pianist and composer.

Jacob Sacks
At the Moers Festival 2015
Background information
Origin	Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Piano
Years active	Late 1990s–present
Website	jacobsacks.com

Life and career

Sacks is originally from Michigan.^[1] He met drummer Dan Weiss at the Manhattan School of Music.^[2] Sacks was a finalist in the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, aged 22.^[1] Sacks was part of bassist Eivind Opsvik's quartet.^[3] 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.^[4] Sacks has also played and recorded with harpsichord and other keyboard instruments.^[5]

Playing style

Nate Chinen of The New York Times commented that Sacks is "drawn to the subtler, deeper mechanics of harmony and form."^[4]

Compositions

Sacks "isn't averse to succinctness or simplicity as a composer".^[4]

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded	Title	Label	Personnel/Notes
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

Year recorded	Leader	Title	Label
2010*	David Binney	Aliso	Criss Cross Jazz
2010*	Dan Weiss	Timshel	Sunnyside
2010*	Jacám Manricks	Labyrinth	Manricks
2012*	Jon Irabagon	Unhinged	Irabbagast
2012*	Eivind Opsvik	Overseas IV	Loyal
2014*	Dan Weiss	Fourteen	Pi
2014*	Mike McGinnis	Road Trip	RKM
2017*	David Binney	The Time Verses	Criss Cross Jazz
2020*	Okkyung Lee	Yeo-Neun	Shelter Press