John Edward Blake Jr. (Born 1947 – passed 2014) was an American jazz violinist from South Philadelphia. He performed most prominently as a sideman in groups led by Grover Washington Jr. (in the late 1970s on most of his classic albums) and McCoy Tyner (in the early 1980s),as well as led his own groups. John Blake recorded this album with a cast of all fellow Philadelphian musicians except for Ben Riley, and it's an acoustic band. Grover Washington, Jr. joins in two selections, Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" and his own blues contribution to the session, "Val's Blues". He recorded a total of 7 albums most of which are very difficult to source.
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15 comments:
wow, this must be awesome, jazz with violin, thanks very much for this review!
Thanks AMM. Jazz from south Philly - had to make sure I read that right.
New to me but I'm curious, thanks for the review.
Like others, they are new to me but I like to explore. Thanks AMM
Sounds Good this drop Thanks AMM
much thanks for jazz violin!
why dont you Rufus Harley next!
Three whoppers in a row! thanks AMM, I'm speechless!!
Awesome Review Thank You AMM
Always fine to listen to some fusion ... Thanks for review, P.
Nice one, AMM. Blake is on one McCoy Tyner album that I'm aware of, Horizon, which also features the bassist on this Blake lp, Charles Fambrough. Looking forward to this!
Thanks for the review AMM first time hearing about John Blake but if he played along side Grover Washington Jr he must have been an amazing artist
Very interested in having a listen to this AMM
thanks Reb
Another one for the collection thanks
Well this is new to me but from what i hear sounds like pure jazz must be i cant get a grip with this as yet so more listening for me Great review AMM
Cheers Pedro
Very nice review. Smooth taster. Reminds me a little of Noel Pointer's work on his 1977 release "Phantazia"...
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