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Jerome Sabbagh
“Mr. Sabbagh avoided direct allusions to the saxophone totems. What he is working toward, simply and effectively, is a sincerely personal vocabulary." - New York Times
Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh was born in Paris in 1973 and has been living in New York since 1995. He became an American citizen in 2014.
Jerome Sabbagh was one of Paul Motian's last saxophone players. After one gig together, the legendary drummer asked him to play for a week at the Village Vanguard, in his "New Trio" with guitarist Ben Monder, in September 2011. A prolific forward-thinking composer, as well as a musician with a deep connection to the well of the jazz tradition, he has been leading a few bands over the last few years.
His latest release is Vintage, a quartet recording with Kenny Barron, Joe Martin and Johnathan Blake, that was chosen by Stereophile as recording of the month for February 2024, and that the NYC Jazz Record called "an important album by four masters of this American art form".
His upcoming trio record, Heart, featuring Joe Martin and Al Foster, to be released on August 30, 2024, is the first on the new label Analog Tone Factory.
Sabbagh's longstanding quartet of ten years with Ben Monder, Joe Martin and Ted Poor has released three critically acclaimed albums, including The Turn (Sunnyside Records), which was selected in the best releases of 2014 by the Boston Globe, L.A. Times among others. sabbagh also co-leads the Jerome Sabbagh/Greg Tuohey Group, which released No Filter, with Joe Martin and Kush Abadey (Sunnyside, 2018).
Jerome has also recorded an album exclusively devoted to standards, One Two Three, in a saxophone trio setting with Ben Street and Rodney Green.
I Will Follow You is a freer project featuring European drum legend Daniel Humair and Ben Monder. Plugged In, sparked by a CMA/FACE grant, is an electric project co-led with Belgian keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin, with Patrice Blanchard and Rudy Royston. Jerome Sabbagh also performs duet with Danny Grissett.
Jerome Sabbagh has shared the stage with Victor Lewis, Bill Stewart, Greg Hutchinson, Billy Drummond, Nasheet Waits, Eric McPherson, Johnathan Blake, Eliot Zigmund, Andrew Cyrille, Damion Reid, Daniel Humair, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Reggie Workman, Matt Penman, Joe Sanders, Lage Lund, Guillermo Klein, Mike Moreno, Laurent Coq and Jean-Michel Pilc.
He has played in some of the world's most famous festivals, including Newport, San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo and Medellin. In 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2019, DownBeat selected him as a rising star.
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Jerome Sabbagh: Heart
by Chris May
AAJ occasionally publishes reviews which call out the barbarism of digital-only albums (Heart is not one of these, please hang on in there). Item: the review of Brazilian saxophonist and flautist Vinicius Mendes' Macunaismo Tardio Vol. 1&2 (Notes On A Journey, 2024). The two albums collected on that vinyl double-LP, blinders both, were originally released separately as digital-only albums. Unsurprisingly, each failed to make any significant impact on jazz audiences either in Brazil or internationally. Notes On A Journey eventually ...
Continue ReadingPablo Ablanedo: Christreza
by Glenn Astarita
This LP clocks in at around 38-minutes and is a bit of a tease since it progresses rather quickly and may leave many listeners wanting more. Here, Argentine-reared pianist/composer/educator Pablo Ablanedo's compositional gifts often take on cinematic film scoring intonations and developments, executed with jazz luminaries who the artist met while attending the Berklee College of Music in 1999. Owing to his heritage, the leader infuses subtle Latin jazz foreground grooves into several movements, whereas the opener “La ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh & Greg Tuohey: No Filter
by Neri Pollastri
Il titolo di questo lavoro, cofirmato dal sassofonista Jerome Sabbagh e dal chitarrista Greg Tuohey, rimanda alla precisa intenzione di evitare, in sede di registrazione, qualsiasi tipo di effetto, sovraincisione ed editing, così da poter catturare il suono così come sgorgava dagli strumenti nel corso dell'interazione dei musicisti. Una scelta in controtendenza con quanto si è oggi soliti fare, ma in che certo modo rimanda anche alla storia dei due leaders, conosciutisi nel corso degli anni Novanta e poi persisi ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh and Greg Tuohey: No Filter
by Peter J. Hoetjes
So much regard is given to audio quality in the 21st century that there has become something of an obsession with “purity." A desire for music that has no digital manipulation, no computers layering sounds together. As co-band leaders, Jerome Sabbagh and Greg Tuohey resolved to attain this quality on No Filter by recording the album without edits or overdubs, directly to analog tape. Everything the listener hears was captured in one take, on paper suggesting a live ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh, Simon Jermyn, Allison Miller: Lean
by Vincenzo Roggero
Jerome Sabbagh fa parte di quella folta schiera di musicisti non usi alle luci dei riflettori mediatici o alle prime pagine, ma particolarmente stimati dai colleghi (non a caso Paul Motian lo volle fortemente nel nuovo trio messo in piedi poco prima della sua scomparsa). Se il suo biglietto da visita come leader è il quartetto nato nel 2004 con Ben Monder, Ted Poor e Joe Martin (tre album all'attivo particolarmente apprezzati dalla critica), interessante ci sembra anche questo trio ...
Continue ReadingI 10 CD nel CD player di... Jerome Sabbagh
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. Kristin Slipp/Dov Manski -A Thousand Julys (Sunnyside -2013). Interessante lavoro sugli standard da parte di questo duo voce e piano/wurlitzer non convenzionale ma pienamente centrato. 02. Johnathan Blake -Gone, but Not Forgotten (Criss Cross -2014). Tributo ad alcuni grandi musicisti scomparsi recentemente e alle loro composizioni. Grandi interpretazioni da parte di tutti (Ben Street, Mark Turner, Chris Potter). 03. Jochen Rueckert -We Make the Rules (Whirlwind Recordings -2014). Grandi composizioni ...
Continue ReadingJerome Sabbagh: The Turn
by Glenn Astarita
This is one of three bands tenor saxophonist, Jerome Sabbagh leads amid his numerous gigs as a session artist and group member with pianists Laurent Coq and Guillermo Klein, paired with many other diverse musical roles in the modern jazz community. This quartet strikes back with its third album, following Pogo (Sunnyside, 2007) and North (Sunnyside, 2004). Besides his burly tone, melodic structures and fluent improvisational acumen, one of the key differentiators is how Sabbagh transparently melds modern mainstream with ...
Continue ReadingSaxophonist Jerome Sabbagh's 'Heart' Debut Recording For His New Label Analog Tone Factory, Due On CD, Vinyl, & Reel-to-reel August 30, Digital October 11
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Analog Tone Factory proudly announces the release of Heart, tenor saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh’s tenth album as a leader and his first on the newly formed label he runs with pianist and engineer Pete Rende. Heart is due on CD, vinyl, and reel-to-reel August 30, with digital downloads available October 11. Three singles are planned as well: “ESP,” on July 19; “Lead the Way,” August 30; and “Heart,” October 11. A consequential, galvanizing presence on the New York scene since the ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jerome Sabbagh
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All About Jazz is celebrating Jerome Sabbagh's birthday today!
Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh was born in Paris and has been living in New York since 1995. He has recorded five albums as a leader, the upcoming “Plugged In", “I Will Follow You", “One Two Three", “Pogo" and “North". Jerome Sabbagh has played with Paul Motian (with whom he played at the Village Vanguard for a week with the drummer\'s New Trio with Ben Monder), Victor Lewis, Bill Stewart, Billy ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jerome Sabbagh
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All About Jazz is celebrating Jerome Sabbagh's birthday today!
Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh was born in Paris and has been living in New York since 1995. He has recorded five albums as a leader, the upcoming “Plugged In", “I Will Follow You", “One Two Three", “Pogo" and “North". Jerome Sabbagh has played with Paul Motian (with whom he played at the Village Vanguard for a week with the drummer\'s New Trio with Ben Monder), Victor Lewis, Bill Stewart, Billy ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jerome Sabbagh
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All About Jazz is celebrating Jerome Sabbagh's birthday today!
Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh has been living in New York since 1995. He has recorded four albums as a leader, “I Will Follow You", “One Two Three", “Pogo" and “North". He has three current projects : a quartet with Ben Monder, Joe Martin and Ted Poor that focuses on original compositions, a trio with Ben Street and Rodney Green that focuses on standards and a newly formed free trio with ...
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Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh Releases Trio Album, "I Will Follow You" (Bee Jazz) - December 7, 2010
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Featuring Longtime Guitar Collaborator Ben Monder And French Drum Legend Daniel Humair
December 7, 2010 (NYC)—With I Will Follow You (Bee Jazz), French-born, Brooklyn-based tenor and soprano saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh brings his singular vision to the fertile ground of improvised music. Bolstered by the broad color palate of virtuosic guitarist and longtime collaborator Ben Monder, and the masterful rhythmic orchestration of legendary drummer Daniel Humair, Sabbagh's lyricism and glowing sound serve as beacons in an improvised journey at ...
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Jerome Sabbagh/Laurent Coq Quartet - Miles Café - New York
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Jerome Sabbagh/Laurent Coq Quartet—Miles Café Saturday, October 2nd @ 9:30 PM Jerome Sabbagh: saxophone and compositions; Laurent Coq: piano and compositions; Hans Glawischnig: bass; Reggie Quinerly: drums; Miles Cafe 212 E. 52nd St. 3Fl. (b/2nd & 3rd Ave.) E/V train to 53rd St. Lexington, 6 train to 51st St. I will be playing with a longtime friend and musical associate of mine, pianist Laurent Coq, this Saturday. A ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jerome Sabbagh
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Jerome Sabbagh
Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh was born in Paris, France and moved to the States at the age of 20. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston on scholarship for two years and studying with, among others, George Garzone... more
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Jerome Sabbagh/Danny Grissett Duet - Miles Cafe - September 4
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"The willfully lyrical tenor saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh is the rarest of rare birds: a young tenor saxophonist with a distinctive concept, dependent not so much on his elders for inspiration as his own imagination." (JazzTimes)
"Mr. Sabbagh played with untroubled self-assurance, and his songs had a sleek and sturdy appeal. Just as crucially, his colleagues strove for the unexpected, individually and as an ensemble. [...] Mr. Sabbagh avoided direct allusions to the the saxophone totems. What he is working toward, simply and effectively, is a sincerely personal vocabulary." (Nate Chinen, New York Times)
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