Jerome Sabbagh

Born: September 14, 1973

“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.

Chris Cheek: Songs Of Inspiration And Atonement

by Frank Housh
June 23, 2025

Chris Cheek's Keepers of the Eastern Door (Analog Tone Factory, 2025) was inspired by the suffering and resilience of Native Americans. Cheek grew up in the area of Cahokia Mounds World Heritage & State Park, the largest pre-Columbian site north of Mexico. In his book 1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus (Knopf, ...

Heart

By Jerome Sabbagh

Label: Analog Tone Factory
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prelude to a Kiss, ESP, Heart, Gone with the Wind, Right the First Time, When Lights Are Low, Lead the Way, Body and Soul.

Lead the Way

August 29, 2024

Album: Heart
By Jerome Sabbagh
Label: Analog Tone Factory
Released: 2024
Duration: 03:56

Jerome Sabbagh: Heart

by Chris May
August 16, 2024

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 ...

Saxophonist 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

May 30, 2024

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: ...

Vintage

By Jerome Sabbagh

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023

Ugly Beauty: Jazz in The 21st Century

by Philip Freeman
July 26, 2022

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1, “JD Allen: Just Keep Going" from Philip Freeman's Ugly Beauty: Jazz in The 21st Century (ZerO Books, 2022). Queens, New York seems purposely designed to confuse travelers. It's January 2, 2020, a brisk but sunny day, and I'm to meet saxophonist JD Allen at Samurai ...

Christreza

By Pablo Ablanedo

Label: Newvelle Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: La Senal; Karmavaleando; Plaisantriste; Christreza; Ti Mi Do; Biploarious; Winter Variations.

Jerome Sabbagh & Greg Tuohey: No Filter

by Neri Pollastri
October 4, 2019

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, cos�� da poter catturare il suono cos�� come sgorgava dagli strumenti nel corso dell'interazione dei musicisti. Una scelta in controtendenza con quanto si �� ...