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Region

by Jacob Sacks

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1.
Milhouse 10:46
2.
Sunday Times 08:09
3.
Two 09:20
4.
Lonely 07:12
5.
Euro-Trash 08:38
6.
Region 09:50
7.

about

The very first album from Jacob Sacks, recorded March 8, 1998.

Review by Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

Twentysomething pianist Sacks, originally from Monroe, MI, played extensively in the Ann Arbor-Toledo corridor before moving to NYC. His debut CD spotlights six compositions featuring Michigan saxophonists Andrew Bishop and John Wojciechowski, both on soprano, with Bishop doubling on tenor and Wojo on alto. Bassist Tim Flood and drummer Dan Weiss round out the quintet. Their jazz is based solidly in the progressive mainstream, with avant and chamber flourishes, reflecting the challenged, bright, innately aware, wide-eyed persona of their leader. At first, Sacks' piano inventions (as on the opener "Milhouse") are almost childlike and naive, but as you continue to listen, he starts digging in and stretching as the piece develops. Bishop and Wojo are allowed ample room to push the envelope -- the former more improvisationally, the latter in a stone cold be-bop way, very similar to Steve Lacy and Steve Potts. Melodies waft and drift freely, then are brought back to dock. Sacks has a calming effect as on "Sunday Times" and the title track, but he can also be quite forceful and driving. Sacks turns melancholy and introspective on "Lonely" and "Region," selections where he is acting the front man. But the music is for the most part in-your-face. "Two" is a hard-boppin' delight, Wojo on soprano, while the head of "Euro-Trash" is orchestral, minimalistic and rivals the World Saxophone Quartet's vibrancy with an ostinato head that roars. Sacks as a player will be heard to greater detail in a later recording. This is his fledgling outpouring as a composer as he demonstrates serious depth, bite, wit and grandiose motifs that express joy and pain in the soul of a musical poet well beyond his years. A quite credible effort, and a very potent band, organized by one just getting his feet wet.

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released September 15, 1999

Jacob Sacks - piano
Andrew Bishop - soprano & tenor saxophones
John Wojciechowski - soprano & alto saxophones
Tim Flood - bass
Dan Weiss - drums

all compositions by Jacob Sacks
(Jacob Sacks Compositions, BMI)

www.jacobsacks.com

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