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Blake Wilner

Jazz guitarist/composer Blake Wilner was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1973 and has been based in London since 1999. Before moving to the UK, Wilner spent time in New York where he studied with jazz greats Rufus Reid, Richie De Rosa, Mick Goodrick, Kenny Wessell and Jeff Ciampa. His time in New York inspired his 2000 album of original compositions, A Thought of NYU for which he was awarded an ARTSWA grant to record. Wilner's second album, The Bookshop, was released in 2002 and featured music composed and inspired whilst living in London. In 2003 and 2004 he led the quartet on highly acclaimed Arts Council of England sponsored tours of the UK, the second of which promoted the UK release of his third recording The Reprieve

Interloper

By Blake Wilner

Label: Ant Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Drunken Romance; Mo Mo; Interloper; Stormy Friday; In The City; Dangerous Mind; Deconstruction; Cafe Rouge; The Prayer.

Interloper (to be released 5th June 2006)

By Blake Wilner

Label: Ant Jazz
Released: 2006

Blake Wilner Quartet: Interloper

by Chris May
April 20, 2006

At the risk of being guilty of national stereotyping, I have to say that London-based Australian expat Blake Wilner's guitar playing reminds me of Russell Crowe. Wilner may or may not enjoy pitching mobile phones at hotel receptionists, or rounding off an evening's drinking with an invigorating bar room brawl, but he brings the same lurching ...

The Reprieve

By Blake Wilner

Label: Ant Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: New York Trilogy; Women; Redemption Song; Adams '47; The Reprieve; Beaulieu; Scip; Take Me Home.

The Blake Wilner Quartet: The Reprieve

by Mark Sabbatini
November 1, 2004

Pull something in all directions at once and odds are it'll end up stuck in the middle. The thought came to mind while listening to The Reprieve by the Blake Wilner Quartet, which claims influences ranging from Monk (minimal traditionalism) to Coltrane (maximal progressivism) to Philip Glass (maximal minimalism). The songs range from original ...

Blake Wilner: The Reprieve

by Chris May
September 23, 2004

An Australian based in London since '00, Blake Wilner is currently touring the UK in support of this, his latest and third album. And if you like either post-Wes Montgomery straight-ahead jazz or fx-spiced funk and rock grooves--or both--then you should check him out, for he cuts it convincingly and infectiously in both those worlds.