Biography
Ran Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for his unique style that combines blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an innovative and dark jazz sound. His career spans over 40 recording credits on jazz albums along with more than 40 years of teaching jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he started the Department of Third Stream (now called the Department of Contemporary Musical Arts) with Gunther Schuller.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
172 releases · 35 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 347
- Other credits · 52
- Production · 5
Studios: RCA Studio A · New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall · Blue Jay Studios · Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Frequent collaborators
- Chris Connor
- David Linx
- Horace Silver
- Bill Evans
- Jeanne Lee
- Ran Blake Quartet
- Clifford Jordan
- Patty Waters