Michael Blake
Saxophonist Composer Arranger

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Michael stakes out fresh territory in holiday jazz with Halloween Tales

While the genre has typically belonged to the winter holidays, Blake’s new release claims the mystery, humor and cinematic atmosphere of Halloween and the harvest season instead, channeled through inventive arrangements and inspired improvisation. Joined by Gary Versace on piano, Ben Allison on bass and Michael Sarin on drums, Blake leads a classic quartet lineup as a deliberate choice meant to echo the instrumentation of the holiday jazz records that shaped his own listening.
4 stars in The Times!
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  • halloween-tales
  • piccolos-before-rifles
  • Dance of the Mystic Bliss
  • Combobulate
  • Red Hook Soul
  • Transmissions
  • Fulfillment
  • Tiddy Boom
  • In the Grand Scheme of Things
  • Hellbent
  • Control This
  • The World Awakes, A Tribute to Lucky Thompson
  • Amor de Cosmos
  • More Like Us
  • Right Before Your Very Ears
  • Blake Tartare
  • Elevated
  • Drift
  • Slow Poke at Home
  • Kingdom of Champa

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Updated : 30 09 2026