Jazz Articles about Jerome Sabbagh

Jerome Sabbagh: One Two Three

by Elliott Simon
July 7, 2009

The opening cut on One Two Three is pianist George Shearing's bop classic “Conception". Do not, however, let this fool you. Although tenorist Jerome Sabbagh burns, this is not simply a blowing session nor is it really, as Sabbagh suggests, his take on the standards. While there are tunes such as a somewhat campy (how could it not be?) version of “Tea for Two," a fresh reprise of Coleman Hawkins' classic interpretation of “Body and Soul" and a bopped-up “Just ...

Jerome Sabbagh: Pogo

by Budd Kopman
August 21, 2007

Under a coolness that is felt on the surface of the music, saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh--on the fine release Pogo--creates a tension that is expertly controlled. Intent on developing a style that is personal and recognizable, Sabbagh composes and plays from a core that seems at first tightly controlled. However, that which seems to be reticence turns out to be but the origin of many fiery emotions. Maintaining the same band as on North (Fresh Sound New Talent, ...

Jerome Sabbagh at The Jazz Standard, New York City

by Budd Kopman
May 12, 2007

Jerome Sabbagh QuartetThe Jazz StandardNew York, NYTuesday, April 24, 2007 This gig was to celebrate the release of Sabbagh's latest album Pogo on the Sunnyside label. Maintaining the same band (Ben Monder: guitar, Joe Martin: bass, Ted Poor: drums) as on his previous release North (FSNT, 2005), Sabbagh (tenor and soprano saxophone) continues to expand the influences on his playing while at the same time honing his compositional and performance identity. ...

Jerome Sabbagh: Pogo

by Mark F. Turner
May 6, 2007

On Pogo, French-born saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh remembers the wise lesson that “If it's not broken; don't fix it. Though his recording label has changed, this release consists of the same quartet members and eclectic formula that made his acclaimed release North (2004, Fresh Sound New Talent) such a success. A thorough technician with control and lyricism, Sabbagh's saxophone may seem slightly obscured but is seemingly focused more on the development of his compositions and the group's sound, ...

Take Five With Jerome Sabbagh

by AAJ Staff
February 10, 2007

Meet Jerome Sabbagh: Saxophonist and composer Jerome Sabbagh was born in Paris in 1973 and has been living in New York for eleven years. After stints as a co-leader with the collective Flipside (with whom he worked for five years and recorded an album for Naxos Jazz), and sideman work with Laurent Coq and Guillermo Klein, Jerome Sabbagh has been leading his own band for the last four years.Jerome Sabbagh's first album as a leader, North, with Ben ...

Jerome Sabbagh: North

by Elliott Simon
February 21, 2005

Jerome Sabbagh brought his tenor to the Big Apple from France a few years ago and quickly gelled with some of NYC's best young progressive players. On his debut as a leader, North , Sabbagh explores a potpourri of styles with a decidedly modern mindset to offer up an original program of newly composed music. His quartet includes the technically talented triumvirate of bassist and labelmate Joe Martin, phenomenal guitarist Ben Monder, and young drummer Ted Poor. Things ...

Jerome Sabbagh: North

by AAJ Staff
December 22, 2004

With 31-year-old saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh, the Fresh Sound New Talent label presents yet another startlingly good young jazz musician. The French tenor man has a mature conception with a light, clean sound that reminds these ears of Hank Mobley. Like Mobley, Sabbagh chooses notes judiciously and swings firmly. And Sabbagh and North grow stronger and deeper with each listening.

Sabbagh is an adventurous improviser who spins long, lyrical lines and rarely avails himself of the “noise" effects, honking or squealing, ...