COMPOSER // ARRANGER // BASSIST
Jacob Minks
MY NEW EP IS OUT NOW!
World Premiere Of Camera Rhythmic Resonance
World Premiere of Live a Little for Percussion Ensemble
Jacob Minks is a composer, arranger, and bassist from Virginia. He is currently a Junior jazz composition undergrad at James Madison University. As a high school student, Jacob received awards in the Chantilly Jazz Festival for Best Rhythm Section Member and won a placement in both the Virginia All-State Orchestra and All-State Jazz Ensemble. During this time, he also studied with Corcoran Holt, bassist for Kenny Garrett. As a student at JMU, Jacob currently studies with professors Sam Suggs (bass) and Masayoshi Ishikawa (jazz composition), and has taken additional lessons with notable arrangers, such as Mike Tomaro and Christine Jensen. He has also recently released his first big band album “Jacob’s Junk Band, Vol.1”.
About
The most important thing to Jacob is creating music that will be enjoyed by the musicians and the audience. Because he’s a performer himself, he aims to create a collaborative experience for the musicians—especially soloists— that choose to play his music. He loves being able to write for a musician he knows and provide them with a solo tailored to their style that tells them, this is what I love about you and your sound. For the audience, Jacob always aims to tell a story—whether that story is abstract or straightforward, he wants to evoke an emotion in the listeners.