Jamie Saft closed a run of dates with Bobby Previte and Nels Cline at Nublu Classic in New York. All the sessions were recorded by Vin Cin, so stay tuned for news.
Tour starts Saturday, February 2, in Kufstein, Austria:
02.Feb KUFSTEIN/Austria – Musikschule Kufstein
03.Feb WELS/Austria Spiegelsaal – Hotel Greif
04.Feb BOLZANO/Italy – Carambolage
06.Feb RIJKEVORSEL/Belgium De Singer
08.Feb HANNOVER/Germany – Tonhalle Hannover
09.Feb FIRENZE/Italy – A.P.S. “Vie Nuove Associazione di Promozione Sociale”
Review. “You Don’t Know the Life” – Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte. Praise for the album, written by Raul da Gama. Full article here. 01.31.2019
“an album to die for”
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
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Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balazs Pandī w/ Roswell Rudd – Ceremonial Healing (Record Store Day Release 2019)
“Rocking and grooving like if Sun Ra had joined forces with Deep Purple…” – Jazz Trail
Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte – You Don’t Know the Life
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, Jamie Saft Trio, and Jamie Saft Quartet. Saft has collaborated with legends of music including Wadada Leo Smith, Roswell Rudd, Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Dave Liebman, Joe Morris, Hamid Drake, Bobby Previte, Steve Swallow, Darryl Jenifer, and Cyro Baptista.
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
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