Jacob Do

Jacob Do is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator whose resonant and nuanced sound

lends itself to emotional storytelling through improvisation, rooted in swing and the bebop

tradition. Jacob holds his degree in Jazz Performance from McGill University with Outstanding

Achievement in Jazz Saxophone, where he studied with Rémi Bolduc. Jacob has also

participated in the Tribeca Jazz Institute in New York City, where he studied with Grant Stewart

and Eric Alexander. Jacob holds both a Stingray Rising Star Award (2019, Ottawa International

Jazz Festival) and the inaugural Oliver Jones Award (2019, Festival International de Jazz de

Montréal). Jacob “will no doubt bring some new energy and ideas to the jazz world and we’ll all

be better off for it.” (PJ Perry)