Michael Blake Quartet
About This Event
Michael Blake is a Canadian-American saxophonist and composer rooted in New York’s downtown jazz and free-improvisation scene; he leads the Michael Blake Quartet, a small working band that balances written structures with open form. At Smalls Jazz Club the quartet builds sets around close listening and quick shifts in texture, favoring alert, probing improvisation and careful attention to ensemble function.
About the Artists
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.
Michael Blake
Michael Blake is a Canadian-American saxophonist and composer based in New York City, long active in the downtown jazz and free-improvisation circuit. He leads working groups heard at venues including Smalls Jazz Club, The Django, and Bar Bayeux, and he also appears as a sideman with players such as Michael Sarin, Ben Allison, and Gary Versace.