Alex Blake


Alex Blake is a jazz bass player.
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Biography

Blake was born in 1951 in Panama and moved to the United States at the age of seven, growing up in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career with Sun Ra's band Arkestra. Blake became one of the major proponents of the fusion movement in the late 1970s through his writing and performances with Lenny White and Billy Cobham.
A live performance compilation was released by Bubble Core Records in 2000 titled Live at the Knitting Factory">Live (1987 Manhattan Transfer album)">Live at the Knitting Factory. The album featured Blake's own quintet, which included Pharoah Sanders, Victor Jones, John Hicks and Neil Clarke.
In addition to leading his own group, Blake also performed and recorded with Randy Weston, as well as other musicians.

Discography

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As leader

Especially for You

As sideman

With Billy CobhamTotal Eclipse A Funky Thide of Sings Shabazz
With The Manhattan TransferBodies and Souls Bop Doo-Wopp Vocalese Live The Offbeat of Avenues Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo
With Pharoah SandersLove Will Find a Way Beyond a Dream with Norman Connors Save Our Children
With Sun RaIt's After the End of the World My Brother the Wind Vol II Newport Jazz Festival the Electric Circus Live in London Live at the Red Garter In the Orbit of Ra The Intergalactic Thing
With Kazumi WatanabeLonesome Cat Village in Bubbles The Best Performance
With Randy WestonAfrican Sunrise Saga Khepera The Spirits of Our Ancestors Spirit! The Power of Music Live in St. Lucia Zep Tepi The Storyteller
With others