Sid Jacobs - Jazz Guitarist, Instructor, Composer, Recording Artist

Photo by Bob Barry

Sid Jacobs was born in Miami Beach, Florida. Sid spent his first few years in Havana, Cuba prior to the
revolution, after which, the Jacobs family returned to Miami. It is there, at the age of seven, he began
his fascination with the guitar. When his family moved to Nevada, Sid obtained a position as guitar
instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This made him, at eighteen, the youngest faculty
member in the school's music department.

After moving to Los Angeles he developed the curriculum for the Advanced Bebop and Jazz Guitar
course at the Dick Grove School and the Jazz Guitar class at the Musicians Institute (MI and GIT),
where he continues to teach.

In 1991, his CD It's Not Goodnight was released. It is a straight-ahead blowing session featuring his
original compositions. In 1998 Sid was the first North American jazz guitarist invited to perform in
Argentina's "Guitars of the World" festival. In May of 2001 he was invited to perform at the Ankara
Music Festival in Turkey.

2007 saw the release of his CD Open Strings, a collection of pieces for solo guitar including his
acclaimed arrangements of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk tunes.

In 2018, Sid recorded his third CD "Three in One". This CD he recorded with Joe LaBarbera & Darek
Oles

Some of the great jazz artists with whom Sid has performed include Harold Land, Eddie Harris, Buddy
Montgomery, Joe Diorio, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings and Javon Jackson.