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Brian Blade

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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist {{#invoke:Listen|main}} Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early lifeEdit

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Brian Blade in Aarhus, Denmark 2017

Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana,<ref name="bluenote">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Blade was exposed to gospel and praise music<ref name="hodge">Template:Cite news</ref> while attending Zion Baptist Church at which his father, Brady L. Blade Sr., was pastor.<ref name="roos">Template:Cite news</ref> Blade initially began learning violin and participated in the church choir,<ref name="hodge" /> an experience which Blade later acknowledged was influential in his musical development.<ref name="jolley" /> Following in the footsteps of his older brother, Brady Blade Jr.,<ref name="Pellegrinelli">Template:Cite news</ref> Blade developed skills on the drum kit while 'depping' for his brother in the church band.<ref name="jolley">Template:Cite news</ref> Soon after Blade shifted his focus to the drums throughout middle and high school.<ref name="brianblade1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During high school, while studying with Dorsey Summerfield Jr.,<ref name="Pellegrinelli" /> Blade began listening to the music of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, and became increasingly influenced by the drumming styles of Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Papa Jo Jones, and Paul Motian.<ref name="davies">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="jolley" /> By the age of eighteen, Brian moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University.<ref name="hirsch">Template:Cite news</ref> From 1988 through 1993, he studied and played with most of the master musicians living in New Orleans, including Johnny Vidacovich, Ellis Marsalis, Steve Masakowski, Bill Huntington, Mike Pellera, John Mahoney, George French, Germaine Bazzle, David Lee Jr., Alvin Red Tyler, Tony Dagradi and Harold Battiste.<ref name="brianblade1"/><ref name="jolley" />

CareerEdit

In 1992 Blade settled in New York and quickly cultivated a reputation as a 'first-call' drummer,<ref name="scheinin">Template:Cite news</ref> including sideman work for Kenny Garrett, Mark Turner, and Joshua Redman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="kopp">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1997, Blade formed The Fellowship Band with pianist Jon Cowherd, bassist Chris Thomas, saxophonists Myron Walden and Melvin Butler, guitarist Jeff Parker, and pedal steel guitarist Dave Easley.<ref name="solomon">Template:Cite news</ref> The band released its debut album in 1998, Brian Blade Fellowship, and emerged as an innovative proponent of new jazz throughout subsequent decades.<ref name="layman">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="chinen">Template:Cite news</ref>

Reviewing the ensemble's 2014 Landmarks album, John Kelman wrote:

As the Fellowship Band has grown, it has moved away from overt traditional references, even though they're an undercurrent throughout. Instead, as it explores milestones both inner and outer, Landmarks further speaks with the singular voice that the Fellowship Band has built upon since inception. Blending folkloric references, hints of church and spiritual concerns, jazz modality and countrified touchstones, Landmarks is the perfect name for Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band's fourth album; beyond its meaning to the group, it truly is yet another landmark recording in the core quintet's evolutionary travels. It may have come after a long gap in time, but that only makes it a wait all the more worthwhile.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

While continuing his work with the Fellowship Band, Blade emerged as an ongoing member of Wayne Shorter's quartet, working with Shorter from 2000 until his death.<ref name="roos" /> Shorter's quartet, also featuring Danilo Pérez and John Patitucci,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> became widely revered by jazz critics for their "near-telepathic" musical symbiosis.<ref name="roos" /> Blade's creative contribution to Shorter's quartet was frequently considered a key component of the group's creativity.<ref name="sinnenberg">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="flynn">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="micallef">Template:Cite news</ref> In addition to his collaborations with Wayne Shorter, Blade has remained an in demand drummer for the likes of Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Chick Corea, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Joni Mitchell, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Billy Childs, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, among many others.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During his career Blade has often performed outside his usual musical idiom, recording with the likes of Marianne Faithfull, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, and Daniel Lanois.<ref name="micallef" /><ref name="Pellegrinelli" /><ref name="hart">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2009, Blade released Mama Rosa, his first album as a singer-songwriter,<ref name="kelman2">Template:Cite news</ref> with songs dedicated to his grandmother and family.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The live band includes Steven Nistor on drums.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On April 30, 2016, Blade played at the White House in Washington, D.C., as part of The International Jazz Day Global Concert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HonorsEdit

  • 2013: ECHO Jazz Award "International Artist of the Year Drums/Percussion", for Quiver.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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EquipmentEdit

Blade uses vintage Gretsch, Ludwig, Sonor and Slingerland drums. He plays Canopus drums when touring in Japan. He has used a variety of cymbals over the years, including multiple ride cymbals made by Roberto Spizzichino, vintage A Zildjians, and often a 22" Zildjian K Constantinople Light Ride (discontinued model). His acoustic guitar is a mid-1950s Gibson LG-3.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DiscographyEdit

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Blade at Template:Ill 2006

As leaderEdit

As co-leaderEdit

Trio with Wolfgang Muthspiel and Marc Johnson

  • Real Book Stories (Quinton, 2001)
  • Air, Love, and Vitamins (Quinton, 2004)

Duo with Wolfgang Muthspiel

  • Friendly Travelers (Material, 2007)
  • Friendly Travelers Live (Material, 2008)

Trio with Chick Corea and Christian McBride

Trio with John Patitucci and André Marques

  • Viva Hermeto (Borandá, 2014)

Trio with John Patitucci and Danilo Pérez

Trio with Benjamin Koppel and Scott Colley

  • Collective (ArtistShare, 2014)
  • Perspective (Cowbell Music, 2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Trio with Edward Simon and Scott Colley

  • Steel House (ArtistShare, 2015)
  • Three Visitors (GroundUP Music, 2024)

Trio with Jeff Denson and Romain Pilon

  • Between Two Worlds (Ridgeway, 2019)
  • Finding Light (Ridgeway, 2022)

Quartet with Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau and Christian McBride

Trio with Wolfgang Muthspiel and Scott Colley

  • Angular Blues (ECM, 2020)

As groupEdit

Yaya3 with Joshua Redman and Sam Yahel

  • Yaya3 (Loma, 2002)

SFJAZZ Collective

  • SFJazz Collective (Nonesuch, 2005) – recorded in 2004

Black Dub with Trixie Whitley, Daniel Lanois and Daryl Johnson

As sidemanEdit

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 With David Binney

  • 2000: Afinidad with Edward Simon (Red, 2005)
  • 2000: South (ACT, 2001)
  • 2004?: Welcome to Life (Mythology, 2004)
  • 2004: Océanos with Edward Simon (Criss Cross, 2007)
  • 2008: Third Occasion (Mythology, 2009)
  • 2010?: Graylen Epicenter (Mythology, 2011)

With Billy Childs

  • Lyric: Jazz Chamber Music, Vol 1 (Artistshare, 2005)
  • Autumn: In Moving Pictures: Jazz Chamber Music, Vol 2 (Artistshare, 2010)

With Kenny Garrett

With Darrell Grant

  • 1993: Black Art (Criss Cross, 1994)
  • 1994: The New Bop (Criss Cross, 1995)
  • Smokin' Java (Lair Hill, 1999)
  • Truth and Reconciliation (Origin, 2007)[2CD]

With Norah Jones

With Kiyoshi Kitagawa

  • 2003: Ancestry (Atelier Sawano, 2004)
  • 2005: Prayer (Atelier Sawano, 2005)
  • 2005: Live at Tsutenkaku (Atelier Sawano, 2006)[DVD-Video] – live

With Daniel Lanois

With Ron Miles

With Joni Mitchell

With Wolfgang Muthspiel

  • 2001: Real Book Stories (Quinton, 2001)
  • 2013: Driftwood (ECM, 2014)
  • 2016: Rising Grace (ECM, 2016)
  • 2018: Angular Blues (ECM, 2020)

With John Patitucci

  • Communion (Concord, 2001)
  • Songs, Stories & Spirituals (Concord, 2003)
  • Line by Line (JVC Victor/Concord, 2006)
  • Remembrance (Concord, 2009)
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  • Brooklyn (Three Faces, 2015)

With Joshua Redman

With Wayne Shorter

With Edward Simon

  • 2000: Afinidad with David Binney (Red, 2001)
  • 2006: Unicity (CAM Jazz, 2006)
  • 2008: Poesia (Cam Jazz, 2009)
  • 2010: Trio Live in New York (Sunnyside, 2013) – live
  • 2017: Sorrows & Triumphs (Sunnyside, 2018)

With Mark Turner

  • 1995: Mark Turner (Warner Bros., 1998)
  • 1998: In This World (Warner Bros., 1998)
  • 1999: Ballad Session (Warner Bros., 2000)

With Kenny Werner

  • Democracy (Half Note, 2006) – live
  • Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note, 2007)

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