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Buffi Jacobs

Buffi Jacobs

  • She/Her
  • Biography

    Buffi Jacobs is a professional cellist, arranger, composer, and music contractor based in New York City. Currently, she subs on Broadway, composes live cello looping compositions, composes and records for film/tv/podcasts. She previously served as the cellist on the Hamilton Nation Tour (Philip Tour, LLC).
    Buffi has also been a long-standing performing, touring, and recording member of The Polyphonic Spree. Since 2002, she has recorded with indie rock notables such as Elle King, Daniel Hart, Dark Rooms, Nicole Atkins, Sarah Jaffe, Bill Callahan, John Grant, Maggie Koerner, The Baptist Generals, Anna Calvi, The Swans, and Explosions in the Sky to name a few. Jacobs has also contributed cello tracks to recent film and televisions scores “The Old Man and The Gun,” “Ghost Story,” “The Exorcist” (2016), and “Visioneers.” Most recently, her string arrangements, cello performance, and contracting skills were featured on Elle King’s album “Shake The Spirit” and The Night Owls’s “We are the Night Owls.”

    Professional Experience

    • Broadway
    • Education
    • TV/Film
    • Tours

    Regions

    • NYC/Tri-State Area
    • Texas/Southwest

    Maestra Expertise

    • Music Assistant
    • Orchestrator
    • Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
    • Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
    • Music Transcriber
    • Music Contractor/Coordinator
    • Sound Designer/Composer
    • Music Producer/Record Producer

    Primary Instruments

    • Cello
    • Voice

    Software

    • Ableton
    • Finale
    • Logic

    Affiliations

    • THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
    • ASCAP