Sacks Awakanings

My debut album features 9 original compositions and an amazing band. I'm thrilled to share what I think is an honest and ambitious musical statement. The band is: Jacob Sacks on piano, Steven Crammer on drums and David Mirarchi on alto saxophone, and my self on bass

It makes so much sense for a Portuguese record label to release a new opus of the New York pianist and composer Jacob Sacks, considering his many connections with the jazz scene of this country and musicians like João Lencastre, Sara Serpa, André Matos, Gonçalo Marques and Demian Cabaud. Sacks is widely recognized as one of the most creative musicians in his hometown, and “Fishes” presents him in the company of other notable protagonists of the New York jazz scene, all of them members of the Clean Feed family: Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek and Dan Weiss.

Lilian Kallir è una brillante pianista che predilige Mozart: una sera, allorché deve affrontare il Concerto n. 21 (quello col famoso Andante), la partitura diventa di colpo un intrico di segni incomprensibili; è l'esordio di una neuropatologia che le impedirà, se non di scrivere, di leggere alcunché e altererà la sua percezione sino a farle confondere un violino con un banjo o un rasoio con una penna.

It makes so much sense for a Portuguese record label to release a new opus of the New York pianist and composer Jacob Sacks, considering his many connections with the jazz scene of this country and musicians like João Lencastre, Sara Serpa, André Matos, Gonçalo Marques and Demian Cabaud. Sacks is widely recognized as one of the most creative musicians in his hometown, and “Fishes” presents him in the company of other notable protagonists of the New York jazz scene, all of them members of the Clean Feed family: Ellery Eskelin, Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek and Dan Weiss.