Originally from Seattle, alto saxophonist and composer Jacob Zimmerman is an active member of the thriving Bay Area creative-music community. Jacob studied music at the renowned Garfield High School in Seattle, the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and Mills College in Oakland. His teachers have included Roscoe Mitchell, Jerry Bergonzi, Joe Morris, Anthony Coleman, James Fei and Allan Chase.
In addition to giving local performances with his own groups (Lawson and Anteater), Jacob runs a monthly concert series called The Actual Jazz Series at the Actual Café in Oakland. He is a member of the Arts & Sciences quartet, and was recently commissioned by the pop-band Kapowski to write a string arrangement for their latest album. As a life-long lover of the Great American Songbook, Jacob also gives occasional performances of standard songs.