RAN BLAKE
Avant-Garde Jazz / Post Bop / 21st Century Modern / Third Stream • United States
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Ran Blake (b. 20 April 1935, Springfield, MA)
In a career that now spans five decades, pianist Ran Blake has created a unique niche in improvised music as an artist and educator. With a characteristic mix of spontaneous solos, modern classical tonalities, the great American blues and gospel traditions, and themes from classic Film Noir, Blake’s singular sound has earned a dedicated following all over the world. His dual musical legacy includes more than 30 albums on some of the world’s finest jazz labels, as well nearly 30 years as a groundbreaking educator at Boston’s New England Conservatory.
Blake first discovered the dark, image laden and complex character driven films that would so influence his music at age 12 when he first saw Robert Siodmak’s Spiral Staircase. "There were post World War II musical nuances that if occasionally banal and as clichéd
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Wende
Avant-Garde Jazz
1976
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Breakthru
Avant-Garde Jazz
1976
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Open City
Avant-Garde Jazz
1977
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Rapport
Avant-Garde Jazz
1978
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Take One
Avant-Garde Jazz
1978
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Take Two
Avant-Garde Jazz
1978
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Film Noir
Avant-Garde Jazz
1980
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Whirlpool
Avant-Garde Jazz
2011
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Vertigo
Avant-Garde Jazz
1985
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