Jacob Chung Quartet Album release: The Secret Place

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New York City-based jazz saxophonist Jacob Chung tours internationally as both bandleader and sideman while maintaining an active performance schedule in NYC at Smalls Jazz Club, Ornithology Jazz Club, and other venues. Jacob plays as a sideman in the Chris Byars Octet, the Richard Cortez band, the Marty Scott Quintet, Mason Millard’s Eli’s All-Stars, and has shared the bandstand with Joe Magnarelli, the John Pizzarelli Big Band, Peter Washington, the Mingus Big Band, and Pasquale Grasso. In 2024, Jacob performed at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts with Chuck Redd’s annual Christmas Eve Jazz Jam. In 2025, Jacob appeared on the acclaimed livestream series, “Emmet’s Place,” alongside Emmet Cohen, Phil Norris, Bryan Carter, and special guest Kurt Elling. In 2026, Jacob toured Armenia with the Inside the Bridge cultural exchange project, and is slated to perform in Indonesia, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. Jacob expects to release his fourth studio album as leader entitled That Secret Place in November 2026 on the Cellar Music Group label. Jacob Chung – saxophone David Rourke