Performatist
    Jazz

    Blaketet

    Illustration for Blaketet

    Wednesday, June 17, 2026

    9:00 PM

    Smalls Jazz Club

    183 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    The Michael Blake Quartet, led by saxophonist and composer Michael Blake, represents a longstanding presence on New York’s downtown jazz scene, moving between small-group improvisation and larger compositional projects. At Smalls Jazz Club the quartet functions as a working band, shaping sets through close listening and quick shifts in texture and favoring structural frameworks that leave the rough edges of live interplay intact.

    About the Artist

    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.