Jamie Saft

Jamie Saft (born 1971 in Brooklyn, New York City ) is an American jazz musician ( piano, keyboard, organ, accordion, and guitar, bass, electronics) and composer who also acted as sound engineer.

Life and work

Jamie Saft grew up in Flushing and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and at Tufts University, including Paul Bley, Geri Allen, Cecil McBee and Joe Maneri; an important mentor was the composer Burton Hatheway. In 1993 he returned to New York and has since worked in various musical genres from opera to jazz. In 1995 he appeared as soloist in New York's Lincoln Center, as an organist, he played with Bobby Previte ( Latin for Travelers, Enja 1995), as accordionist Peter Epstein and Jerry Granelli (Enter a Dragon ); He also worked with John Zorn / The Moonchild Trio, Groove Collective and Marc Ribot. With Cuong Vu he took in 1995, the album Ragged Jack ( Avant), followed by Sovlanut ( Tzadik ), which he recorded with Chris Speed ​​and Jim Black 1999/2000. In the 2000s, followed by collaborations with Hasidic New Wave, Mat Maneri, Mark O'Leary, Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn, Erik Friedlander, Larry Grenadier and Ben Goldberg. The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan: In a trio with Ben Perowsky and Greg Cohen Album Trouble arose. Juice was also active as a musician of film scores (Fireworks in Italian 2001), as a film composer ( Murderball, God Grew Tired of 2005 Us, 2006) and as a sound engineer in Pottersville International Sound Studio.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Ragged Jack (Avant, 1997)
  • Sovlanut ( Tzadik, 2000)
  • Breadcrumb Sins ( Tzadik, 2002)
  • The Only Juan ( Love Slave Records, 2002), with Jerry Garnelli
  • Astaroth: Book of Angels Vol 1 ( Tzadik, 2005), as Jamie Saft Trio
  • Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan ( Tzadik, 2006), as Jamie Saft Trio
  • Merzdub ( Caminante, 2006), with Merzbow
  • Live in Japan 2003 ( Word Public, DVD, 2006), with Bobby Previte, Skerik
  • The Synth Show ( Leo Records, 2008), with Mark O'Leary, Kenny Wollesen
  • Borscht Belt Studies ( Tzadik, 2011), with Larry Grenadier, Ben Goldberg
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