Jacob won the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival’s Rising Young Star Award in 2019. And he’s still winning stuff. He recently collected a cool $10,000 for the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Oscar Peterson prize. He’s in his fourth year in the jazz program at the University of Toronto, and is set to graduate in May 2022.
At first, he found the pandemic hard on his music. But the motivation soon came to use all that “alone” time to hit the practise room. A lot. Covid has only intensified his desire to go as far as music will take him.
“I’m making lots of musical headway these days. I’m also lucky that I have school to keep me occupied in a routine during these times, and I'm glad gigs are sort of back.”
“In five years, I would like to be cutting my teeth in New York City, learning about the music and myself. I want to be meeting the legends of this music and rubbing shoulders with the most killing young cats on the scene. I want to have started building a body of recorded work, and it would awesome to snag a teaching job somewhere.”
Jacob is planning to record his debut album in November 2021 with his quintet.
At first, he found the pandemic hard on his music. But the motivation soon came to use all that “alone” time to hit the practise room. A lot. Covid has only intensified his desire to go as far as music will take him.
“I’m making lots of musical headway these days. I’m also lucky that I have school to keep me occupied in a routine during these times, and I'm glad gigs are sort of back.”
“In five years, I would like to be cutting my teeth in New York City, learning about the music and myself. I want to be meeting the legends of this music and rubbing shoulders with the most killing young cats on the scene. I want to have started building a body of recorded work, and it would awesome to snag a teaching job somewhere.”
Jacob is planning to record his debut album in November 2021 with his quintet.