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Tenor saxophonist and composer
Musical artist
Seamus Blake (born December 8, 1970) is a British-born Canadian tenor saxophonist.
Early life and education
Blake was born in
London,
England and raised in
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended the
Berklee College of Music in
Boston.
[1]
Career
Upon graduation, he moved to
New York City.
[2] In February 2002, he won the
Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition.
[3]
[4]
[5] He currently plays with his own quintet (featuring
David Kikoski,
Lage Lund,
Bill Stewart, and Matt Clohesy) and has been a regular with the
Mingus Big Band as well as many other New York musicians.
In 2022 Seamus became a member of
Roger Waters touring band for the
This Is Not a Drill tour. Seamus is playing sax on
Pink Floyd classic songs as well as Waters solo material.[
citation needed]
Discography
As leader
- The Call (Criss Cross, 1994)
- The Bloomdaddies (Criss Cross, 1996)
- Four Track Mind (Criss Cross, 1997)
- Stranger Things Have Happened (Fresh Sound, 1999)
- Sun Sol (Fresh Sound, 2000)
- Echonomics (Criss Cross, 2001)
- Live Au Cabaret (Effendi, 2001)
- Way Out Willy (Criss Cross, 2007)
- Live in Italy (Jazz Eyes 2008)
- Bellwether (Criss Cross, 2009)
- Live at Smalls (SmallsLIVE, 2010)
- As You Like with BANN (Jazz Eyes 2010)
- Superconductor (5Passion 2015)
- Reeds Ramble with Chris Cheek (Criss Cross, 2014)
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off with Chris Cheek (Criss Cross, 2016)
- Guardians of the Heart Machine (Whirlwind, 2019)
With Opus 5
- Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross, 2011)
- Pentasonic (Criss Cross, 2012)
- Progression (Criss Cross, 2014)
- Tickle (Criss Cross, 2015)
As sideman
With
Lea DeLaria
- Play It Cool (Warner Bros., 2001)
- Double Standards (Telarc, 2003)
- House of David (Ghostlight, 2015)
- The Live (Smoke Sessions, 2008)
With
David Kikoski
- The Maze (Criss Cross, 1999)
- Combinations (Criss Cross, 2001)
- The Five (DIW, 2002)
- Limits (Criss Cross, 2006)
With
Victor Lewis
- Eeeyyess! (Enja, 1997)
- Know It Today, Know It Tomorrow (Red Record, 1993)
- Three Way Conversations (Red Record, 1997)
With
Monday Michiru
- Episodes in Color (SAR, 2002)
- Don't Disturb This Groove (Grand Gallery, 2011)
- Brasilified (Billboard, 2013)
With
Mingus Big Band
- Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999)
- I Am Three (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2005)
- Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996)
- Live in Tokyo (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2006)
- Que Viva Mingus! (Dreyfus, 1997)
- Tonight at Noon... Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
With
Eric Reed
- The Baddest Monk (Savant, 2012)
- Groovewise (Smoke Sessions, 2014)
- The Adventurous Monk (Savant, 2014)
With
Alex Sipiagin
- Mirrors (Criss Cross, 2003)
- Returning (Criss Cross, 2005)
- Mirages (Criss Cross, 2009)
- Live at Smalls (SmallsLIVE, 2013)
- From Reality and Back (5Passion 2013)
With others
-
Franco Ambrosetti,
Live at the Blue Note (Enja, 1993)
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Diego Barber, 411 (Origin, 2013)
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Ronnie Blake, Assimilation (Hi Speed Horns, 2017)
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Erin Bode, Over and Over (Maxjazz, 2006)
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Monika Borzym, Girl Talk (Sony, 2011)
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Robi Botos, Movin' Forward (A440, 2015)
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Brazilian Girls, Brazilian Girls (Verve Forecast, 2005)
- Brazilian Girls, Lazy Lover (Verve Forecast, 2004)
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Dave Douglas, Freak In (Bluebird, 2002)
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Billy Drummond, The Gift (Criss Cross, 1994)
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Fleurine, Fire (Coast to Coast 2002)
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Sara Gazarek, Return to You (Native Language, 2007)
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Wycliffe Gordon, Dig This! (Criss Cross, 2002)
- Wycliffe Gordon, United Soul Experience (Criss Cross, 2002)
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Danny Grissett, Form (Criss Cross, 2009)
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George Gruntz, Sins'n Wins'n Funs' Left-cores and Hard-core En-cores (TCB, 1996)
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Kevin Hays, Go Round (Blue Note, 1995)
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David Hazeltine, For All We Know (Smoke Sessions, 2014)
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Conrad Herwig, Unseen Universe (Criss Cross, 2000)
- Conrad Herwig, Obligation (Criss Cross, 2005)
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Scott Kinsey, No Sleep (Kinesthetic Music, 2017)
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Jane Monheit, The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me (Concord, 2008)
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Josh Nelson, Let It Go (Omagatoki, 2007)
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Robert Sadin, Art of Love: Music of Machaut (Deutsche Grammophon, 2009)
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Antonio Sanchez,
The Meridian Suite (CAM Jazz, 2015)
[6]
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Ken Schaphorst, Purple (Naxos, 1998)
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John Stetch, Carpatian Blues (Terra Nova, 1996)
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Bill Stewart, Telepathy (Blue Note, 1997)
- Bill Stewart, Space Squid (Pirouet, 2015)
[7]
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Helen Sung, Going Express (Sunnyside, 2011)
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Mark Turner, Yam Yam (Criss Cross, 1995)
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Manuel Valera, Forma Nueva (Mavo, 2004)
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Jesse van Ruller, Circles (Criss Cross, 2003)
- Jesse van Ruller, Views (Criss Cross, 2006)
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Sam Yahel, Jazz Side of the Moon (Chesky, 2008)
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Peter Zak, One Mind (Fresh Sound, 2018)
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Mark Zubek, Twentytwodollarfishlunch (Fresh Sound, 2009)
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Dan Costa (Composer), Skyness (Independent, 2020)
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