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Tenor saxophonist Ron Blake and guitarist Bobby Broom have played together many times over the years, going back to Broom’s 1997 album, Waitin’ and Waitin,’ and beyond. It was Broom who hired Blake for his band shortly after his college years. The strong chemistry between these musicians is one of numerous elements that make Mistaken Identity—Blake’s first album under his own name in 15 years—special. (They’re joined by Nat Reeves or Reuben Rogers on bass and Kobie Watkins on drums.) Another key factor is the heartfelt inclusion of songs by jazz legends who have played important roles in Blake’s personal life as well as his career.

Album

The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

By Ron Wilkins

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Covid Suite I: Big City Livin’; Covid Suite II: Comatose Dreams and Nightmares; Covid Suite III: Awaken and Alleluia; Covid Suite IV: The Sleeper Has Awakened; Sulk City; Near East; Waltz Someday; Like a Brother.

Album

Presenting the Dan West Big Band

By Dan West

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Descant; Tell Me a Bedtime Story; Besmirched, Befuddled & Verklempt; Nirvana O’Rama; Beeba; Zoisha; Wayside Walk.

Album

Kind of Now - The Pulse of Miles Davis

By Gregory Hutchinson

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Ah-Leu-Cha; Fran-Dance; Fall; Orbits; Marley's Mood; Feio; Water Babies; Seven Steps to Heaven; Bitches Brew; Black Comedy; Ellehcem's Time; Circle In the Round; I'm Done

News: Video / DVD

Saxophonist Ron Blake Announces The Release Of 3 New Videos Starting With "No Hype Blues," Premiering September 7 In Honor Of Sonny Rollins

September 7, 2026

“No Hype Blues,” the first in a series of three new videos by the Ron Blake Quartet, will premiere on September 7. The videos were recorded at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago on November 24, 2024, with guitarist Bobby Broom, bassist Dennis Carroll, and drummer Kobie Watkins. Blake chose September 7 as the release date for ...

Song of the Day

Orbits

June 6, 2026

Album: Kind of Now - The Pulse of Miles Davis
By Gregory Hutchinson
Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:53

Article: Album Review

Trombocalist Big Band: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

Read "The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 18, 2026

Even those whose batting averages are high are not immune from life's unforeseen and often disastrous curve balls. Low-brass multi-instrumentalist Ron Wilkins, riding the wave as a successful musician and bandleader, learned that the hard way when he was struck by Covid in 2020 and spent more than a month in a medically induced coma with ...

Article: Album Review

Dan West: Presenting the Dan West Big Band

Read "Presenting the Dan West Big Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 29, 2026

"If it walks like a big band and talks like a big band..." well, that does not always mean it actually is a big band. For example, Los Angeles-based composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Dan West 's able group is by and large an octet which, by means of modern electronics, has been transformed into a full-fledged ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 5

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 9, 2026

As we come to the end of another year, it feels like a good moment to pause--not to summarize everything, but to listen back. This episode is built around songs that lingered, resurfaced, and quietly insisted on being remembered.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 ...

Album

SCRATCH Band

By Ron Blake

Label: 7tēn33 Productions
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bassman; Body and Soul; Another Level; Lift Every Voice and Sing; Grace Ann; Appointment; Song for Maya; La Conga de Juana; April's Fool.