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Seamus Blake Quartet Release Double CD Set Live in Italy
Hailing from the hotbed of New York City’s jazz scene can never hurt the chances of a musician getting some attention, especially if that musician plays like Seamus Blake. Blake is recognized as one of the finest and most creative young players in jazz and with the release of the double album set Live in Italy, ...
Seamus Blake Quartet: Live in Italy
by Warren Allen
Back in 2002, Seamus Blake established himself firmly as tenor player of interest with a first place finish in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Since then, his rapidly growing discography, as well as collaborations with artists like John Scofield, suggests that the attention is well-deserved. Even still, Blake's first live release ...
Oscar Penas: From Barcelona to Brooklyn
by Tomas Pena
Oscar Peñas belongs to a generation of artists who believe there is more to being a musician than being technically proficient. Like his peers--many of whom are emerging, independent musicians--his music reflects his roots, his impressive credentials and his openness to new ideas and concepts. Oscar is part of a flourishing new music scene in Brooklyn ...
Nexus
Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2008
Track listing: Interlude; Epiphany; Your Eyes; Candy; Sometimes; Suite 610; Genetic Imprints; That's Not Me; Weak; Sands of
Time; One; On & One
Way Out Willy
By Seamus Blake
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2007
Track listing: Fear of Roaming; Badlands; Trust in You; Way Out Willy; Hoi Polloi; The Jupiter Line.
Seamus Blake: Way Out Willy
by John Kelman
It's been six years since Seamus Blake's last recording for Criss Cross, and the tenor saxophonist wasn't thinking about a new one until approached in 2006 by label owner/producer Gerry Teekens. The result, Way Out Willy, has the spontaneous feel of a session more focused on improvisation than composition. That's not to say the six Blake ...
Obligation
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2005
Track listing: Forget About Me; Solid Ground; Lazy Bones; Lua Flora; Obligation; Tell Me a Riddle; The Blue Shore of Silence.
The Lay of the Land
By Mike Pope
Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2003
Track listing: The First Order of Business; Essence; At Home Again; The Lay of the Land; Cherokee; Climate; The
Avid Listener; The Way You Look Tonight; The Star Spangled Banner.
Mosh For Lovers
By Seamus Blake
Label: Blue Moon
Released: 2002
Track listing: TOS; Boggins; You Said It; Captain E.; Some Small Ecstasy; One Note Mosh; In The Ground; Moosenstein; Dropout; Gone; Mr. B.C.
Seamus Blake/The Bloomdaddies: Mosh For Lovers
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Seamus Blake asks the musical question: why can’t jazz musicians be rock stars too? His band Bloomdaddies delivers the answer: The square root of pi cannot be written with much certainty. In other words, rocks stars are rock stars because of the swagger factor, not (in most cases) musicianship. The Bloomdaddies have plenty ...
