John Blake
Throughout his career, John Blake veered back and forth between R&B-ish sets and more adventurous dates. A pleasing if not overly distinctive violinist, the versatile Blake played in a wide variety of settings. After advanced classical study, he first gained recognition for his early-'70s recordings with Archie Shepp. During the next decade, Blake recorded with McCoy Tyner, James Newton, Cecil McBee, Jay Hoggard, and Grover Washington, Jr., touring extensively with Tyner and Washington. He made a series of generally interesting, if diverse, sets for Gramavision in the 1980s (including a fascinating 1986 date with fellow violinists Michal Urbaniak and Didier Lockwood) and one CD for Sunnyside in 1992, showing a lot of potential. Striken with multiple myeloma, Blake died in August 2014 at the age of 67.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Blu Acid Feat John Blake EP
Blues - Released by BLu ACiD Records on 14 feb. 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The String Summit - One World in Eight
Didier Lockwood, John Blake, Krzesimir Debski
Jazz - Released by MPS on 10 apr. 2015
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Epic Ebony Journey
Jazz - Released by Epic Ebony Journey on 15 apr. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Adventures of the Heart
Jazz - Released by Gramavision Inc. on 1 jan. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Truckley Howl
John Blake, Mairéad Hurley, Nathan Gourley
Ierland - Released by John Blake on 11 nov. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gallows Tree
Blues - Released by BLu ACiD Records on 5 dec. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A New Beginning
Jazz - Released by Gramavision Inc. on 1 jan. 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Twinkling of an Eye
Jazz - Released by Gramavision Inc. on 1 jan. 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo