Ron Blake
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Ron Blake | |
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| Born | September 7, 1965 US Virgin Islands |
| Genres | Mainstream jazz Post bop Hard bop Rock Soul Blues |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | Saxophones, flute |
| Labels | Mack Avenue, Tahmun Records |
| Website | ronblakemusic.com |
Ron Blake (born September 7, 1965) is an American saxophonist, band leader, composer, and music educator.
Born in the Virgin Islands, he attended Northwestern University, and now lives in New York City. Blake began studying guitar at the age of eight and turned to the saxophone when he was 10 years old. He taught at the University of South Florida before moving to New York, where he spent five years in trumpeter Roy Hargrove's quintet, and seven years in flugelhornist Art Farmer's group. He attended the Interlochen Arts Academy. He completed a master's degree at NYU in 2010. Blake co-founded the 21st Century Band and the Tahmun record label with Dion Parson in 1998. He is a member of NBC's Saturday Night Live Band, and the Grammy award-winning Christian McBride Big Band. He is a professor of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School. He has more than sixty credits on his discography as a sideman and continues to work as a performer.
As leader
- Up Front and Personal (Tahmun, 2000)
- Lest We Forget (Mack Avenue, 2003)
- Sonic Tonic (Mack Avenue, 2005)
- Shayari (Mack Avenue, 2008)
- Mistaken Identity (7ten33 Productions, 2023)
As co-leader
- 4-Sight (Encoded Music, 1998)
- 21st Century (Tahmun, 2000)
