Jazz Articles about Jacob Chung

About Jacob Chung

Rising Stars

Introducing Saxophonist Jacob Chung

by Sanford Josephson
September 1, 2026

Growing up in Toronto, Jacob Chung was introduced to jazz by his grandfather. “He had a record player," Chung recalled, “and he had Dave Brubeck's Time Out album. He also liked Duke Ellington and Ben Webster." Chung was playing classical piano when he entered middle school, “and they started giving you wind instruments. I was into baseball, and I had a few concussions and tore the meniscus in my knee, so I had to quit sports for a ...

Album Review

David Sneider: Introducing David Sneider

Read "Introducing David Sneider" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 5, 2025

What better way to introduce young trumpeter David Sneider than with one of his half-dozen buoyant new compositions, “Marvelous-Lee," the opening number on Sneider's congenial debut recording. That delightful salute to fellow trumpeter Lee Morgan also introduces one of Sneider's two front-line partners, tenor saxophonist Jacob Chung, and the ensemble's able rhythm section: pianist Tyler Henderson, bassist Joey Ranieri and drummer Willie Bowman. Sneider, who placed first in the 2021 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition, is ...

Album Review

Jacob Chung: Live At Frankie's Jazz Club

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by Jack Bowers
September 24, 2025

Boss tenor Jacob Chung is back, performing Live at Frankie's Jazz Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the reed master's second recording for Cory Weeds' Cellar Music Group (following 2024's The Sage), this time leading a quartet rather than a quintet as he did on that earlier album. Chung, who moved from Toronto to New York City to study with saxophonist Vincent Herring, his front- line partner on The Sage, learned his lessons well and puts ...

Album Review

Jacob Chung: Live At Frankie's Jazz Club

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by Pierre Giroux
July 27, 2025

Tenor saxophonist Jacob Chung's Live At Frankie's Jazz Club captures fresh performances of music that feel like a snapshot of deep friendship filtered through the lens of timeless jazz language. Recorded live at Vancouver, BC's iconic venue, Chung is joined by pianist Tyler Henderson, bassist Caleb Tobocman, and drummer Hank Allen-Barfield. These three equally talented musicians do not just accompany but actively engage in lively musical conversation. The program, a mix of jazz and popular standards, along with a few ...

Album Review

Jacob Chung: The Sage

by Jack Bowers
March 22, 2025

On The Sage, his second album as leader, Canadian-bred saxophonist Jacob Chung lends credence to a speculative yet widely held belief that contempory jazz continues to grow and prosper north of the American border. Chung is no mere hobbyist, nor are his veteran helpmates --one of whom, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, has been a force on the New York jazz scene for more than four decades, recording at least twenty albums under his name and appearing as a sideman on ...