| Scott Jacoby | |
| Birth Name: | Scott Adam Jacoby |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1971 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
Scott Adam Jacoby (born October 31, 1971) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, sound engineer, and recording artist.[1] [2] He is a Grammy Award winner,[1] [3] and has worked with numerous artists in various genres including Coldplay, Cory Henry, Fabolous, Jackie Evancho, Janelle Monáe, Jason Mraz, John Legend, José James, Kane, Laura Izibor, Maiysha, Naturally 7, Rachel Platten, Ronnie Spector, Sia, Stormzy, Vampire Weekend and Vanessa Hudgens.[4] [5] [6] In 2007, he founded his own record label Eusonia Records, and also established Eusonia Studios.
Jacoby grew up in Rye, New York,[7] [8] and earned a degree in Psychology from Skidmore College in 1993.[9] Afterwards, he attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, but left his studies after two years to pursue a career in music.[10]
In 2003, Jacoby signed a record deal with Irma Records to release his debut studio album, Before Now (in 2004).[11] The album was then licensed to Columbia Music Entertainment in Japan, and the first single, "I Like You", went to number 1 on the Japanese radio charts.[9] During this period, Jacoby also worked extensively in sound mixing, including work on the 2006 album, The Carnegie Hall Performance, Lewis Black's fifth album. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, for which Jacoby shared in the Grammy win.[3] [9] In 2008, Columbia released Jacoby's sophomore studio album, After, which featured guest artists and writers, Maiysha, Andrew Wyatt, Jerome Collins of Straight No Chaser, Kevin Michael, and Shelly Peiken.[12]
Despite success as a recording artist, Jacoby's primary focus throughout his career has been on writing, production and mixing. To that end, in 2000, he opened Maze Studios with Allen Towbin, which evolved to become Eusonia Studios in 2010, an "atmospherically inspiring setting" located in Manhattan's Flatiron District.[10] In 2002, Jacoby established his own music production company, SCOJAC Music Productions., he was the president and CEO.[13] [14] Described as an "anti-specialist", he has worked most notably as a writer, producer, engineer, mixer and musician with numerous artists across a wide range of genres.[1] [5] [15]
In 2011, Jacoby scored the Nicole Beharie film, My Last Day Without You, producing the theme song "My Last Day Without You". The song was a nominee at the 2012 Black Reel Awards for Best Original or Adapted Song.[16] In 2013, Jacoby mixed the Vampire Weekend single "Unbelievers" with Emily Lazar of The Lodge; the song was a popular track on the album Modern Vampires of the City, winner of the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.[17] In 2016, Jacoby produced Ronnie Spector's LP English Heart. Rolling Stone noted that the Spector's record, "helmed by producer Scott Jacoby... couldn't sound more different from her ex's dense, claustrophobic signature sound – and that's how she likes it".[18] Jacoby also produced Deva Mahal's debut album Run Deep, released March 23, 2018.[19] [20] On the strength of this release, GRAMMY.com named Mahal their No. 1 in 'Best New Bands' from South by Southwest 2018.[21]
See main article: Eusonia Records. In 2007, Jacoby founded Eusonia Records,[10] an independent record label, originally distributed by Ryko and later by RED.[22] By 2008, Jacoby had signed progressive soul singer Maiysha to his label, and began collaborating with her on her first album, This Much is True. Jacoby co-wrote and produced the lead single from this album, "Wanna Be", which was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 in the Best Urban Alternative Performance category., the label had four artists on its roster: Jacoby, Maiysha,[10] SiLyA and Zach Deputy, in addition to releasing the soundtrack for the 2013 film My Last Day Without You. In 2010, Jacoby teamed up with his partner James McKinney to run the label.[23] In 2016, Eusonia partnered with the Anguilla Music Academy and the Grammy Museum to create the Music Revolution Project in Anguilla.[24] [25]
Jacoby speaks at music industry events and universities, as both a guest lecturer and a featured speaker.[26] [27] [28] He has held various positions at the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences[29] [30] and in 2016 was the presenter of the Technical Grammy Award.[31], he resided in Greenwich Village, New York City with his wife and daughters.[32]
The following is a select list of albums in which Jacoby has worked on as either producer, co-producer, composer, mixer or engineer, showing song title, year released, performing artist(s), album title and role.
| Year | Title(s) | Artist(s) | Album | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Do the Roo" | Disney Channel | Songs from the Book of Pooh | Walt Disney | Composer, producer |
| 2003 | "Right Way" | Maya Azucena | Maya Who?! | NuMedia NY | Producer |
| 2004 | Entire album | Scott Jacoby | Before Now | Irma | Primary artist, composer, producer, engineer, mixer |
| "Baby" | Fabolous | Real Talk | Desert Storm, Atlantic | Additional keyboards | |
| 2005 | Entire album | Jess Klein | Strawberry Lover | Rykodisc | Hammond organ, Wurlitzer piano |
| 2006 | Entire EP | Autumn | Sunshine (EP) | You | Producer |
| Entire album | Lewis Black | The Carnegie Hall Performance | Comedy Central | Engineer | |
| "Can Ya Feel It?" | Naturally 7 | Ready II Fly | Virgin Music Germany | Additional drum programming | |
| "Feel It (In the Air Tonight)" | Producer, drum programming, arrangement | ||||
| "Harder Than That" | Drum programming | ||||
| "Never" | Composer, producer, drum programming | ||||
| "4Life" | Producer | ||||
| "New York" | Additional drum programming | ||||
| 2007 | "Mmm…" | Laura Izibor | Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Atlantic | Producer, engineer |
| 2008 | "Last Night" | Vanessa Hudgens | Identified | Hollywood | Producer, engineer, drum programming, Wurlizter electric piano, electric guitar, Hammond organ |
| Entire album | Scott Jacoby | After | Eusonia, Nippon Columbia | Primary artist, composer, producer, engineer, mixer, vocals, guitar, piano, clavinet, organ, Wurlitzer piano, Minimoog, drums, congas, percussion, drum programming | |
| Entire album | Kane | Everything You Want | Universal | Producer, mixer, backing vocals | |
| Entire album | Maiysha | This Much Is True | Eusonia | Executive producer, producer, engineer, mixer, drum programming, instrumentation | |
| "Damned" | Eva Avila | Give Me the Music | Sony BMG Canada | Composer | |
| 2009 | "Perfect World" | Laura Izibor | Let the Truth Be Told | Atlantic | Producer, engineer, drum programming, additional mixing |
| "The Worst Is Over" | Producer, engineer, mixer | ||||
| "Yes (I'll Be Your Baby)" | Producer, engineer, drum programming, additional mixing, bass, clavinet, drums, organ, Wurlitzer piano, string arrangement | ||||
| "I Don't Want You Back" | Producer, engineer, mixer, drum programming, drums, organ | ||||
| "Mmm…" | Producer, engineer | ||||
| 2010 | "Touch" | José James | Blackmagic | Brownswood, Beat | Mixer |
| "Warrior" | |||||
| "Save Your Love for Me" | |||||
| "The Greater Good" | |||||
| "Beauty" | |||||
| Entire album | Chimène | Laisse-les dire | AZ, Universal | Producer, mixer | |
| Carolyn Malachi | Lions, Fires, Squares | Self-released | Mixer | ||
| José James, Jef Neve | For All We Know | Impulse! | Mixer | ||
| Billy White | First Things First | Porto Franco | Mixer, mastering | ||
| 2011 | Entire album | SiLyA | Peel Away | Eusonia | Producer, mixer |
| Kane | Singles Only | Universal, Kane | |||
| "All I Seem to Do" | Rachel Platten | Be Here | Rock Ridge | Mixer | |
| "You Don't Have to Go" | |||||
| "Nothing Ever Happens" | |||||
| Entire album | Zach Deputy | Another Day | Eusonia | Producer, mixer | |
| 2012 | Entire album | Cory Henry | Gotcha Now Doc | Self-released | Mixer, mastering |
| "Spaceship" | Nicki Richards | Tell Me… | Not On Label | Additional vocals | |
| 2013 | "Trouble" | José James | No Beginning No End | Blue Note | Composer |
| Entire album | Vigon Bamy Jay | Les Soul Men | 323 | Producer, mixer | |
| "Unbelievers" | Vampire Weekend | Modern Vampires of the City | XL | Mixer | |
| Entire album | Olympe | Olympe | Fontana, Mercury | Producer, mixer | |
| Nicole Beharie, various artists | My Last Day Without You: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Eusonia | Composer, producer | ||
| 2014 | Entire album | School Is Cool | Nature Fear | Sony Music Belgium, Wilderness | Mixer |
| Olympe | Une vie par jour | Mercury | Producer, mixer | ||
| "Alexandra" | Hamilton Leithauser | Black Hours | Ribbon | Mixer | |
| "Pop That Truck" | Chuck Brown | Beautiful Life | Raw Venture | ||
| Entire album | Heffron Drive | Happy Mistakes | TOLBooth | ||
| 2015 | "Keep the Customer Satisfied" | Naturally 7 | Hidden in Plain Sight, Vox Maximus Vol. 1 | Hidden Beach | Producer, mixer |
| "Can't Take the Credit" | |||||
| "Put You on to this" | |||||
| "Need You with Me" | |||||
| "Mahalia" | |||||
| "Take It (Golden Gates)" | |||||
| "Colors" | Vérité | Sentiment (EP) | Not On Label, Turntable Kitchen | Mixer | |
| Entire EP | Rachel Brown | The Band (EP) | Anavista | Producer, mixer | |
| 2016 | "Congratulations" | Rachel Platten | Wildfire | Columbia, Sony Music | Composer |
| Entire album | Cory Henry | The Revival | GroundUP, Universal | Mixer | |
| Ronnie Spector | English Heart | 429 | Producer, mixer | ||
| Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams (5.1 Surround Mix) | Parlophone, Atlantic | Mixer | ||
| 2017 | "The Week of the Disaster" | The Kin | Modern Primitive | Self-released | Composer, producer, mixer |
| "Underneath It All" | |||||
| "Live Your Fantasy" | José James | Love in a Time of Madness | Blue Note | Composer, engineer, keyboards, synthesizer | |
| "Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2" | Stormzy | Gang Signs & Prayer |
| Engineer | |
| Entire album | White Willow | Future Hopes | The Laser's Edge | Additional engineer | |
| Entire album | Lesley Kernochan | A Calm Sun | Maple Syrup Music | Producer, mixer, engineer[33] | |
| "Lu Guistacofane” | Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino | Canzoniere | Ponderosa | Composer, producer[34] | |
| 2018 | Entire album | Deva Mahal | Run Deep | Motéma Music | Composer, producer, mixer[35] |
| "Blunder" | Michael Blume | cynicism & sincerity | S-Curve Records | Co-producer, engineer, keyboards[36] | |
| "Have It All" (Easy Star All-Stars Reggae Mix) | Jason Mraz | Know | Atlantic | Mixer | |
| Entire album | As Is | Here's to Life | Self-released | Engineer, mixer[37] | |
| Entire album | Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles | Art of Love | Self-released | Co-producer, engineer | |
| "Born to Try" | Part-Time Friends | Streets and Stories | Sony Music | Mixer | |
| "I Like That" (Easy Star All-Stars Reggae Mix) | Janelle Monae | Dirty Computer | Atlantic | Mixer | |
| "Ain't No Sunshine" | Kori Withers[38] | Melting | Self-released | Producer, engineer, Mixer | |
| "Grandma's Hands" Acoustic Version | Jose James | Lean On Me[39] | Blue Note | Producer, engineer, Mixer | |
| 2019 | Entire album | Marvin Jouno | Sur Mars | Un Plan Simple | Mixer |
| "Heat" (Easy All-Stars Reggae Mix) | Kelly Clarkson | Meaning of Life | Atlantic | Mixer | |
| Entire album | Elisa Jo | Kicks | Universal | Producer, Mixer | |
| "Waves" | Saul Rivers | single | Self-released | Producer, Mixer | |
| Entire EP | Ben l'Oncle Soul | Ben. | Blue Note | Mixer | |
| Entire album | Lesley Kernochan | Hummingbird Revolution | Make My Day | Producer, Mixer | |
| "Orange Trees" (Easy Star All-Stars Reggae Mix) | Marina | Love + Fear | Warner | Mixer | |
| Entire album | Cast Recording (various artists) | Cleopatra, The Musical Experience[40] | Broadway Records | Engineer | |
The following is a list of films, television series and commercials in which Jacoby has worked on as either producer, co-producer, composer, mixer or engineer, showing title/client, project type, role and year released.
| Year | Title / Client | Type | Role | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Book of Pooh / Disney | Series | Composer, producer | [41] | |
| 2003 | Old Navy | Commercial | [42] | ||
| JanSport | Commercial | ||||
| 2005 | Confess | Film | Composer | [43] | |
| 2010 | Escape from Havana / CNBC | Documentary | [44] | ||
| 2011 | My Last Day Without You | Film | Composer, producer | [45] | |
| 2013 | The Immigrant | Film | Engineer | [46] | |
| 2016 | Policing the Police (Frontline) / PBS | Documentary | Composer | [47] |
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