Brian Blade

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Brian Blade's news entries:

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    Isaiah Collier, the critics’ choice for Rising Star Group of the Year, Rising Star Tenor Saxophonist of the Year and Rising Star Flutist of the Year.

    Critics Capsules

    We asked our participating critics to elaborate on several of this year’s honorees in the 73rd Annual DownBeat…

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    ​Brian Blade will serve as Artist-in-Residence at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival, to be held over Labor Day Weekend.

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    Blade will lead multiple performances during this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival.

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    Bassist Christian McBride (left), saxophonist Joshua Redman, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Brad Mehldau reconvened in the studio after more than two decades for RoundAgain.

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    Wayne Shorter (shown here in a scene from the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes) won three categories in the 2019 DownBeat Readers Poll: Jazz Artist, Jazz Album (for Emanon) and Soprano Saxophone.

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    Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.

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    Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade follow their 2014 recording with Triology 2, a two-disc live set due out Oct. 4.

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    Norah Jones is among the artists who pay tribute to Joni Mitchell on a new album and DVD.

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    Kamasi Washington performs Saturday at SFJAZZ with bassist John Patitucci, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Danilo Pérez during a celebration of Wayne Shorter.

    SFJAZZ Celebrates Wayne Shorter

    At the top of Saturday night’s Wayne Shorter Legacy Celebration in San Francisco, Randall Kline, artistic and…

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    Emmylou Harris performs during Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 7.

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    Melissa Aldana performs with Artemis on Sunday, Aug. 4 on the Fort Stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.

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    Thundercat performs at the 39th Montreal International Jazz Festival.

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    Jazz vocalist Jeff Baker’s new album, Phrases, will be out Jan. 19.

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    Herbie Hancock (left), Christian McBride, Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade take a bow after a performance at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on April 23.

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    Chick Corea is in the midst of a lengthy residency at the Blue Note in New York.

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    Brian Blade performs at the Aarhus Jazz Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, on July 12.

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    Joey Alexander (left) and Chick Corea play a duet at the Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York, on June 28.

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    Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 22.



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