CHRISTIAN JACOB

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Christian Jacob first gained widespread exposure as co-leader, arranger and pianist with the Tierney Sutton Band. While recording eight critically acclaimed CDs with the band Christian also built a substantial career as a solo artist and leader. He has arranged and conducted around the world, performing with big bands, symphonies and even with the King of Thailand.

Born in Lorraine, France, Christian Jacob began playing classical music at age 4 and became immersed in the music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, whose harmonic universe was influential on jazz. "I was 9 or 10 when I discovered jazz," Christian reminisces, "and the very first thing that appealed to me was the harmony, the chords”. “The first time I heard Oscar Peterson, I kept going to the store to order the part, of course I never received it; later, when I learned it was improvised, I couldn't believe it”.

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CHRISTIAN JACOB Maynard Ferguson Presents Christian Jacob album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Maynard Ferguson Presents Christian Jacob
Post Bop 1997
CHRISTIAN JACOB The Christian Jacob Trio ‎: Time Lines album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Christian Jacob Trio ‎: Time Lines
Post Bop 1999
CHRISTIAN JACOB The Christian Jacob Trio ‎: Styne & Mine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Christian Jacob Trio ‎: Styne & Mine
Post Bop 2004
CHRISTIAN JACOB The Christian Jacob Trio : Contradictions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Christian Jacob Trio : Contradictions
Post Bop 2006
CHRISTIAN JACOB Beautiful Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Beautiful Jazz
Post Bop 2014
CHRISTIAN JACOB The Christian Jacob Trio : The Originals album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Christian Jacob Trio : The Originals
Post Bop 2019
CHRISTIAN JACOB New Jazz Standards Vol 5 : The Music of Carl Saunders album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 New Jazz Standards Vol 5 : The Music of Carl Saunders
Hard Bop 2022

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CHRISTIAN JACOB The Christian Jacob Trio : Live In Japan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Christian Jacob Trio : Live In Japan
Post Bop 2008

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