Jamie Saft | |
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 Saft at the Newport Jazz Festival, 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Genres | Avant-garde |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, organ |
| Labels | Avant, Tzadik, Veal |
| Website | Official website |
Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer.[1] He was born in New York City and raised a Conservative Jew,[2] and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music.[1]
Saft moved from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley around 2007, and lived near Roswell Rudd.[3] The two often played together, and Rudd passed on knowledge of some of his own music and that of Herbie Nichols.[3]
He has performed and recorded with an eclectic variety of artists including John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, Iggy Pop, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte, and Marc Ribot.[1] He has also written several original film scores including Murderball and God Grew Tired of Us; selections from these were released by Tzadik Records as A Bag of Shells.[1] The same label has released several of Saft's recordings.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Layne, Joslyn. "Jamie Saft". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Cohan, Brad (2013-04-16). "H.R. of Bad Brains is Not Crazy, Insists Jamie Saft". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ a b Murph, John (February 25, 2019). "Jamie Saft Delves into Rich Conversations on new RareNoise Disc". Down Beat. Retrieved March 17, 2020.