Michael Blake

Biography

Michael Blake (born May 19, 1964) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, composer and arranger. Blake is based in New York City where he has led a robust career leading his own bands. As a sideman Michael has performed with Charlie Hunter, The Lounge Lizards, Steven Bernstein, Ben Allison and Ray LaMontagne. The New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff wrote,"Mr. Blake, on tenor especially, is an endlessly engaging improviser, and an inquisitive one".

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Till The Sun Turns Black

  2006

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  Greatest Hits

  1999

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  Supernatural

  1990

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  My Field Trip To Planet 9

  1993

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  Berlin 1991 Part I

  1991

Credited work

193 releases · 39 albums · active 1990–2024

• Performance · 378
• Other credits · 28
• Production · 12
• Engineering · 1

Studios: Calliope Studios · Terminal 24 Studios · Lavender Hill · Quartier Latin, Berlin

Frequent collaborators

• Ben Allison
• Various
• Lounge Lizards
• Chris McCarthy (11)
• Ray Lamontagne
• Stereo MC's
• Stick Against Stone Orchestra
• T.J. And The Revenge

Around the web

• Wikipedia