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 .[ 1]
A live performance compilation was released by Bubble Core Records in 2000 titled Now Is the Time: Live at the Knitting Factory quintet , which included Pharoah Sanders , Victor Jones, John Hicks and Neil Clarke (percussion).[ 2]
In addition to leading his own group, Blake also performed and recorded with Randy Weston , as well as other musicians.
Blake playing With Billy Cobham
With The Manhattan Transfer
With Pharoah Sanders
With Sun Ra
It's After the End of the World My Brother the Wind Vol II (El Saturn, 1971)Newport Jazz Festival the Electric Circus (Transparency, 2009)Live in London (Transparency, 2010)Live at the Red Garter (Transparency, 2013)In the Orbit of Ra (Strut/Art Yard, 2014)The Intergalactic Thing (Roaratorio, 2016)With Kazumi Watanabe
Lonesome Cat (Denon, 1978)Village in Bubbles (Better Days, 1978)The Best Performance (Better Days, 1982)With Randy Weston
African Sunrise (Antilles, 1992)Saga (Verve/Gitanes, 1995)Khepera The Spirits of Our Ancestors Spirit! The Power of Music (Gitanes, 2000)Live in St. Lucia (Image, 2003)Zep Tepi (Random Chance, 2006)The Storyteller (Motema, 2010)With others
Ahmed Abdullah , Dedication Ahmed Abdullah, Tara's Song
Jimmy Buffett , Hot Water Jonathan Butler , Head to Head (Mercury, 1993)Chico Freeman , Sweet Explosion (In+Out 1990)Carlos Garnett , Black Love Stan Getz , The Final Concert Recording (Eagle, 2000)Mac Gollehon , Smokin' Live (McKenzie, 1997)Mac Gollehon, La Fama (American Showplace, 2012)
Weldon Irvine , Time Capsule (Nodlew Music, 1973)Weldon Irvine, In Harmony (Strata-East, 1974)
Oran "Juice" Jones , Player's Call Ryo Kawasaki , Ring Toss (Chiaroscuro, 1977)Ryo Kawasaki, Nature's Revenge (MPS, 1978)
Earl Klugh , Whispers and Promises The Last Poets , Delights of the Garden (Douglas, 1977)Yusef Lateef , Autophysiopsychic Babatunde Lea , March of the Jazz Guerrillas (Ubiquity, 2000)Frank Lowe , The Flam Carmen Lundy , Night and Day (CBS/Sony, 1987)Arif Mardin , Journey Brownie McGhee , Blues Is Truth (Blue Labor, 1976)Brownie McGhee, Rainy Day (Tomato, 1989)
Airto Moreira , Virgin Land Don Pullen , Capricorn Rising Don Pullen, Tomorrow's Promises
Sonny Rollins , The Way I Feel Dom Um Romao , Saudades (Water Lily Acoustics, 1993)Charles "Bobo" Shaw , Concere Ntasiah (Universal Justice 1978)Janis Siegel , At Home (Atlantic, 1987)Charles Sullivan , Genesis Ximo Tebar , Steps (Omix, 2008)Lenny White , Presents the Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra, 1978)
