Ron Blake | |
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Birth name | Ron Blake |
Born |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
September 7, 1965
Genres |
Mainstream jazz Post bop Hard bop Rock Soul Blues |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Saxophone |
Labels | Mack Avenue, Freestyle Records |
Associated acts | Saturday Night Live Band, Christian McBride Big Band, Dion Parson & 21st Century |
Website | ronblakemusic.com |
Ron Blake (Born September 7, 1965 – ) is an American saxophonist, band leader, composer, and music educator. He is a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, Dion Parson & 21st Century Band and the Grammy-winning Christian McBride Big Band. He is a professor of Jazz studies at The Juilliard School. He has more than fifty credits on his discography as a sideman for Roy Hargrove, Art Farmer and the GRAMMY-nominated, Latin pop group, Yerba Buena.
Blake was born September 7, 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
With Gerald Wilson