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Jacob Melchior

Jacob Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, came to New York in 1994 and has performed with such notables as Eric Alexander, Harry Whitaker, Rob Bargad, Joe Cohn, Sam Yahel, Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch, Valerie Capers, Bertha Hope, Stjepko Gut, Frank Senior & Bent J椩g. He has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2001 & 2004 and at Copenhagen Jazz Festival, in addition to perfomances at The Blue Note in Seoul, South Korea and New York's Blue Note, Augis, Roths Westside Steakhouse, Smoke, Tavern on the Green, Aaron Davis Hall and at Cirque Voador in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Plays with his trio every Wednesday at Philip Marie 569 Hudson st @ W 11th st.

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Jacob Melchior: It's About Time

Read "It's About Time" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The art of the trio often takes shape in a variety of ways. Many of today's leading three-piece groups rely on a difficult-is-better approach, reveling in rhythmic trickery, harmonic complexity and melodic fragmentation. Others choose to distill everything down to bare essentials but, in doing so, run the risk of playing dumbed-down lounge jazz that's generic and generally boring. Drummer Jacob Melchior's trio travels on a path that moves comfortably between these two extremes and, in doing so, remains highly ...

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Jacob Melchior: It's About Time

Read "It's About Time" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Tucked away in a very excellent piano trio offering, drummer Jacob Melchior's It's About Time, is a single vocal performance by Frank Senior of the Coots/Lewis standard, “For All We Know." Pianist Tadataka Unno and bassist Hassan JJ Shakur provide a very gentle undercurrent beneath Senior's smoky, Jon Hendricks-influenced vocals. Unno and Shakir, quietly introduce the piece, the arco bass giving the piece a slight antique, movie soundtrack feel. Melchior is unobtrusive, gently guiding the ...

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Jacob Melchior: It's About Time

Read "It's About Time" reviewed by Jack Huntley


The album's title is certainly not the ultimate description of Jacob Melchior's It's About Time, but it's a great place to start. Melchior, a precise but fluid drummer whose insightful phrasing and timing patterns influence the tone and sprit of each tune, combines with pianist Tadataka Unno and bassist Hassan JJ Shakur to deliver a swinging, straight-ahead collection of jazz tracks. Kicking off the nine song collection is a medley of Melchior's own “Dancing Foo" and Johnny ...

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From: Austin Klezmorim - Bubba's Waltz
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