Jamie Saft | |
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 Saft at the Newport Jazz Festival, 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Genres | Rock |
| 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]
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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]
