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Michael Blake Sextet: Amor de Cosmos
by Jerry D'Souza
Nothing could be better than a homecoming, and saxophonist Michael Blake proves it on the musical odyssey of Amor de Cosmos. In 2005, Blake returned to Vancouver, where he played two shows. Out of that came this sextet of prime Canadian musicians, who realize Blake's music and vision most profoundly. Blake's writing is imaginative. He is ...
Michael Blake Sextet: Amor De Cosmos
by Troy Collins
A former member of the Lounge Lizards and co-founder of Slow Poke, saxophonist Michael Blake's familiarity with the esoteric is well documented. A restless searcher, Blake's varied discography reaches beyond jazz to include explorations into the traditional folk music of Vietnam and North Africa. The New York-based saxophonist recently delved into his Canadian roots after studying ...
Michael Blake
by AAJ Italy Staff
01. Coleman Hawkins - Past Perfect (TIM Co. - 2001). Sono sempre alla ricerca di nuovi tesori e tutti i brani di questo cofanetto illustrano come Hawkins sviluppò le sue innovazioni. Qualche registrazione del 1929 presenta anche Pee Wee Russell, il mio clarinettista preferito, e il sorprendente sax basso di Adrian Rollini. 02. Glenn Gould - ...
Michael Blake's Hellbent, Earshot Jazz event at Tula's
by Bill Bennett
Michael Blake's Hellbent Tula's Jazz Club Seattle, WA February 24, 2007 Michael Blake last played in Seattle during the 2002 Earshot Jazz Festival with The Herbie Nichols Project, a group spawned by The Jazz Composers Collective. This reviewer covered the Nichols show for Coda magazine (Issue 309, May/June ...
Right Before Your Very Ears
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Run For Cover; Funhouse; Mt. Harissa; Right Before Your Very Ears; Flip; Fly With the Wind;
San Francisco Holiday; All of This is Yours; Careless Love.
More Like Us
Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Hush; The Meadows; Happy Old Yoy; To Whom This May Concern; Something in the Water;
Maria; Africa Used to Be Home; Interlude With Soren; Paddy Pie Face; Johnny Too Bad.
Michael Blake: More Like Us
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
More Like Us is the second release from saxophonist Michael Blake's Blake Tartare, with three Danish wunderkinds: keyboardist Soren Kjaergaard, bassist Jonas Westergaard and drummer Kresten Osgood. As the title suggests, the group has developed cohesion, easily maneuvering the circuitous compositions on the disc. The subtle opening of “The Meadows shifts after Blake's ...
Michael Blake's Blake Tartare
by AAJ Italy Staff
Avezzano - Castello Orsini - 13.11.2006 Non ci soffermiamo troppo ad illustrare il talentuoso sassofonista di Montreal residente a New York, Michael Blake, ormai ospite fisso ad Avezzano nelle rassegne annuali organizzate dall'Associazione culturale Jazz On. Torna quest'anno dunque per la quinta volta riproponendo il gruppo di esordio, i Blake Tartare, formato con tre ragazzi tra ...
Michael Blake's Blake Tartare
by AAJ Italy Staff
Padova Porsche Jazz Festival [recensione dei concerti di Ornette Coleman e Dave Holland] Caffe' Pedrocchi - 25.11.2006 Chi conosce anche solo in parte l’opera di Michael Blake sa che il sassofonista e compositore canadese gioca le sue carte migliori nella varietà espressiva e nell’esuberanza lirica che ne connotano l’identità. Ogni idea, anche la più sofisticata che ...
Michael Blake's Blake Tartare: More Like Us
by Michael McCaw
Blake Tartare More Like Us Stunt Records 2006 Listen Includes full performance of “Something In The Water" Michael Blake has long been on the cusp of being more-well known among jazz fans, but like his former employer John Lurie, often seems to be looking in. Regularly recording on ...
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