Part of the “This Is” series, Spotify curated a Jamie Saft playlist that includes selections from his solo works and various combinations, including Solo A Genova, Blue Dream, Loneliness Road, Serenity Knolls, The New Standard, and more. Follow Jamie Saft on Spotify.
Reviews of the performance by Jamie Saft, Bradley Jones, Nasheet Waits, Bill McHenry at Soho Playhouse on January 11, 2019.
Read the full review. “Jamie Saft’s Timeless Swing” – 01/14/19
This one was pure class.
Read the full review. With photography by © Clara Pereira and text by Filipe Freitas
…tunes that easily reached the heart and uplifted the soul…
All About Jazz
Mark Corroto – All About Jazz – Best of 2018
Doug Collette – All About Jazz – Best of 2018
Doug Collette – Glide Magazine – Best of jazz 2018
Jamie Saft – Solo A Genova. “Renaissance man Saft’s comparatively simple solo playing here is as refreshing as it is engrossing.”
Sasha Frere Jones included Blue Dream in his Music I Enjoyed in Two Thousand Eighteen List.
“Music this good doesn’t come along all that often. But when it does, it can be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding pleasures in life. “Blue Dream” is a truly remarkable album from a group of musicians at the peak of their creative powers.” -Mike Gates
JazzWise
Kevin Legendre – Jazz Wise (Print only)
Best Jazz Albums of 2018 – GiornaleDellaMusica.it
Best Live Jazz Albums of 2018 – JazzPress Poland
Best Albums of 2018 –Ümit Baykara – Cazkolik
Best of 2018 – Pagina Dois, por Cassiano Rodka
The Jamie Saft Quartet plays the opening set at Soho Playhouse for the Winter JazzFest Marathon, in New York.
FRIDAY – JANUARY 11, 2019
SOHO PLAYHOUSE
15 VANDAM STREET, NYC
6:00pm
Doors open
6:40pm
Jamie Saft Quartet
See schedule for full festival lineup and ticketing notes.
NEW YEAR’S 2019: Jamie will perform solo piano works in intimate settings on December 31 in Haifa, and January 1 in Tel Aviv. Follow the links to the Facebook events for more information.
Kristoffer Alberts, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Gard Nilssen, with Jaime Saft
“This fascinating configuration makes for an equally fascinating listen, one that toes the line between improvisational jazz and psychedelic rock with dexterous abandon.”
– Free Jazz Blog on Awosting Falls by Starlite Motel
FRI 07 DEC – Oslo at Blå
SUN 09 DEC – Cologne, DE at Stadtgarten
MON 10 DEC – Berlin at Maschinenhaus
TUE 11 DEC – Moscow at DOM
WED 12 DEC – Amsterdam at Bimhuis
Jamie Saft is a virtuoso pianist, keyboardist, producer, and composer from New York. His stylistic versatility, multi-instrumentalist capabilities, and production skills have been featured with Beastie Boys, Bad Brains, HR, The B-52’s, John Zorn, John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Donovan, Antony and the Johnsons, and Iggy Pop. Saft leads the New Zion Trio, The Jamie Saft Trio, and The Jamie Saft Quartet.
Saft has composed a number of original film scores including the Oscar nominated “Murderball” and Sundance winner “God Grew Tired Of Us.” Saft has also scored extensively for Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1, Vice TV, NFL Football, CBS, and A&E. Saft currently runs the independent record label Veal Records as well as Potterville International Sound, both based out of Kingston, NY.
Jamie Saft on Bandcamp
Releases from:Beta Popes, Bunda Love with Saft, Jamie Saft, Jerry Granelli & Jamie Saft, Kalashnikov, King Krangus, New Raspberry Bandits, New Zion Trio, OV, Pramrod Sexena, Swami LatePlate, Whoopie Pie
