Seamus Blake


Seamus Blake is a British-born Canadian tenor saxophonist.

Early life and education

Blake was born in London, England and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Career

Upon graduation, he moved to New York City. In February 2002, he won the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. He currently plays with his own quintet and has been a regular with the Mingus Big Band as well as many other New York musicians.
In 2022 Seamus became a member of Roger Waters touring band for the This Is Not a Drill tour. Seamus is playing sax on Pink Floyd classic songs as well as Waters solo material.

Discography

As leader

  • The Call
  • The Bloomdaddies
  • Four Track Mind
  • Stranger Things Have Happened
  • Sun Sol
  • Echonomics
  • Live Au Cabaret
  • Way Out Willy
  • Live in Italy
  • Bellwether
  • Live at Smalls
  • As You Like with BANN
  • Superconductor
  • Reeds Ramble with Chris Cheek
  • Let's Call the Whole Thing Off with Chris Cheek
  • ''Guardians of the Heart Machine''

    As a member

Opus 5
  • Introducing Opus 5
  • Pentasonic
  • Progression
  • Tickle
  • ''Swing On This''

    As sideman

With Brazilian Girls
  • Brazilian Girls
  • Lazy Lover
With Lea DeLaria
  • Play It Cool
  • Double Standards
  • House of David
  • The Live
With Wycliffe Gordon
  • Dig This!
  • United Soul Experience
With Conrad Herwig
  • Unseen Universe
  • Obligation
With David Kikoski
  • The Maze
  • Combinations
  • The Five
  • Limits
With Victor Lewis
  • Eeeyyess!
  • Know It Today, Know It Tomorrow
  • Three Way Conversations
With Monday Michiru
  • Episodes in Color
  • Don't Disturb This Groove
  • Brasilified
With Mingus Big Band
  • Blues & Politics
  • I Am Three
  • Live in Time
  • Live in Tokyo
  • Que Viva Mingus!
  • Tonight at Noon... Three or Four Shades of Love
With Eric Reed
  • The Baddest Monk
  • Groovewise
  • The Adventurous Monk
With Alex Sipiagin
  • Mirrors
  • Returning
  • Mirages
  • Live at Smalls
  • From Reality and Back
With others