Jacob Sacks

Jacob Sacks
Origin	Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Piano
Years active	Late 1990s–present
Website	jacobsacks.com

Jacob Sacks is an American jazz pianist and composer.

Sacks is originally from Michigan. He met drummer Dan Weiss at the Manhattan School of Music. Sacks was a finalist in the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, aged 22. Sacks was part of bassist Eivind Opsvik's quartet. 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 harpsicord and other keyboard instruments.

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

Sacks "isn't averse to succinctness or simplicity as a composer".

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