August 10, 11, 12, 13 @ 8:30PM
Jacob Chung Quintet
Jacob Chung (saxophone)
Christian Antonacci (trumpet)
Eric Liang (piano, Aug 10-12)
Jesse White (guitar, Aug. 13)
Ben Duff (bass),
Petros Anagnostakos (drums, Aug. 10-11, 13)
Keith Barstow (drums, Aug. 12)
Canadian saxophonist/composer Jacob Chung (b. 2000) is a young and swingin’ new artist currently splitting time between his hometown Toronto and New York City, where he attends Manhattan School of Music for graduate studies. In June 2022, Jacob released his debut album Epistle on the Canadian jazz label Three Pines Records. Jacob has garnered several accolades including the 2021 Hnatyshyn Foundation Oscar Peterson Grant, the 2019 Prince Edward County Jazz Festival Rising Young Star Award, and acceptance into the 2018 National Youth Jazz Combo. Jacob has performed with the likes of Robi Botos, Jodi Proznick, Mike Murley, Carn-Davidson 9, Ethan Ardelli, and Nick Fraser. He is featured on Jacob Wutzke’s 2019 EP Stop & Go and Thomas Steele 10tet’s 2020 album 10tet. He also appears on the University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra’s 2020 album Embargo. During his time completing a B.Mus at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Jacob was a 2018 BMO National Scholar and twice received the Norman and Joan Promane Jazz Scholarship (2019, 2020). He was also the recipient of the 2021 Jazz Arranging Prize.