Seamus Blake
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Blake in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 1970 (age 53) London, England |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Associated acts | Mingus Big Band |
Seamus Blake (born 8 December 1970) is a Canadian tenor saxophonist.
Life and career
Born in London, England, Blake was brought up in Vancouver, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended Berklee School of Music in Boston.[1] Upon graduation moved to New York.[2] In February 2002 he won the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition.[3][4] He currently plays with his own quintet (featuring David Kikoski, Lage Lund, Bill Stewart, and Matt Clohesy) and has been a regular with the Mingus Big Band as well as many other New York musicians.
Blake plays a mouthpiece by Fred Rast.[5]
Discography
- The Call (Criss Cross Jazz 1993)
- The Bloomdaddies (Criss Cross Jazz 1995)
- Four Track Mind (Criss Cross Jazz 1994)
- Echonomics (Criss Cross Jazz 1999)
- Stranger Things Have Happened (Fresh Sound 1999)
- Way Out Willy (Criss Cross Jazz 2006)
- Live in Italy (Jazz Eyes 2008)
- Bellwether (Criss Cross Jazz 2008)
- Live at Smalls (Smalls Live 2009)
- Reeds Ramble (Criss Cross Jazz 2013)
- Superconductor (5Passion 2015)
With Dave Douglas
- Freak In (RCA, 2003)
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