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Johnathan Blake (born July 1, 1976, in
Johnathan Blake (born July 1, 1976, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
) is an American jazz
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drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum
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.
Biography
Johnathan Blake is the son of jazz violinist John Blake Jr. He started playing the drums when he was ten; He gained his first experience in his hometown in the ''Lovett Hines Youth Ensemble''. After graduating from George Washington High School, he studied jazz atWilliam Paterson University
William Paterson University, officially William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPUNJ), is a public university in Wayne, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education.
Founded in 1855 and was named after American ju ...
with Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer.
Biography
Reid was raised in Sacramento, California, where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation ...
, John Riley, Steve Wilson and Horacee Arnold. During this time he began to work as a professional musician, among other things in the Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
Big Band
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, with Roy Hargrove and David Sánchez. In 2006, he received the ASCAP
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''Young Composers Award''; the following year he completed his studies with a master's in composition at Rutgers University
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(studied with Ralph Bowen
Ralph Bowen (born December 24, 1961) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Bowen started piano lessons at an early age, with clarinet and saxophone lessons following soon after. At thirteen he led a quartet and performed in big bands in Tor ...
, Conrad Herwig and Stanley Cowell).
His first recordings were made in 1996 by Norman Simmons; Blake then worked in the Mingus Big Band
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in the 2000s and appeared on their Grammy
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-nominated albums ''Tonight at Noon'' (2002) and ''I Am Three'' (2005). He also played with Ronnie Cuber
Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...
, Russell Malone, Randy Brecker
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Early life
Brecker was born on No ...
and Joe Locke, with whom he performed at JazzBaltica in 2009.
In 2012, Sunnyside Records
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released Blake's debut album ''The Eleventh Hour'', which featured saxophonists Mark Turner and Jaleel Shaw
Jaleel Shaw (born February 11, 1978) is an American jazz alto saxophonist.
Biography
Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Shaw attended Greene Street Friends School, the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and graduated ...
. With Thomas Maintz and Scott Colley, he presented the joint album ''Present'', which was followed in 2014 by his album ''Gone, But not Forgotten'' for Criss Cross Jazz
Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz.
Criss Cross was established in 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German language, German professor.
and in 2019, by his double album ''Trion'' (with his trio with Chris Potter and Linda Oh
Linda May Han Oh (born 25 August 1984) is an Australian jazz bassist and composer.
Biography
Oh was raised in Western Australia. When she was 11, she started to play the clarinet and at the age of 13 bassoon. She went to Churchlands Senior Hi ...
). His album '' Homeward Bound'' was released on Blue Note
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in 2021.
Blake recorded the album ''Brooklyn Jazz Session'' (2011) with musicians like Benjamin Koppel
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, Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Werner began playing and performing at a young ...
and Scott Colley. In 2018 he worked with Jonathan Kreisberg at Dr. Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith (July 3, 1942 – September 28, 2021), styled Dr. Lonnie Smith, was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note be ...
's album ''All in My Mind'' (Blue Note). In 2019, he was a member of the Kálmán Oláh Quartet (with John Hébert and Tim Ries
Timothy M. Ries (born 15 August 1959) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate/conservatory level. Ries is in his year as a professor of jazz studies at the University of Toronto. His un ...
), and also in the Oded Tzur quartet. He can also be heard on recordings be Omer Avital
Omer Avital (born May 13, 1971, Givatayim, Israel) is an Israeli-American jazz bassist, composer and bandleader.
Early life
Avital was born in the town of Givatayim to Moroccan and Yemeni parents.
At age 11, he began his formal training, s ...
, George Colligan
George Colligan (born December 29, 1969) is an American jazz pianist, organist, drummer, trumpeter, educator, composer, and bandleader.
Early life and education
Colligan was born in New Jersey and raised in Columbia, Maryland. He attended the P ...
, Wayne Escoffery, Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
, Brian Lynch, Donny McCaslin
Donald Paul McCaslin (born August 11, 1966) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a bandleader in addition to many sideman appearances, including on David Bowie's final studio album, '' Blackstar'' (2016).
Early ...
, Monday Michiru
is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the e ...
, Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin (born June 11, 1967) is a Russian jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.
Biography
Sipiagin was born on June 11, 1967. He moved from Russia to the U.S. in 1990. His first major job in the U.S. was with the Gil Evans Band. He has p ...
, Jack Walrath
Jack Arthur Walrath (born May 5, 1946) is an American post-bop jazz trumpeter and musical arranger known for his work with Ray Charles, Gary Peacock, Charles Mingus, and Glenn Ferris, among others.
Biography
Walrath was born in Stuart, Florida. ...
and Greg Abate
Greg Abate (born May 31, 1947)Yanow, ScottGreg Abate Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-02-05 is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet.
Career
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('' Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron''). In the field of jazz, Blake participated in 72 recording sessions between 1996 and 2020.
External links
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