Michael Blake Quartet: Jazz Ensemble in New York

About Michael Blake Quartet

Michael Blake Quartet is a jazz ensemble led by saxophonist and composer Michael Blake, a long-running figure in New York’s downtown scene. Blake’s work has moved between small-group improvisation and larger compositional projects, drawing on modern jazz language and the city’s mixed musical currents. At Smalls Jazz Club, the quartet operates like a working band, building sets around close listening and quick shifts in texture. The music favors structure without smoothing out the rough edges of live interplay.