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Alex Blake Quartet at Lenox Lounge
Concert Dates: 03/12/10
Ticket Cost: $25.00 - $30.00
Show Time(s): 8:30pm and 10:00pm and 11:30pm
Event Description: Up close performance of The Alex Blake Quartet in the cozy Zebra Room / Lenox Lounge.
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When looking at his list of accomplishments, it is surprising that the creative bass stylings of Alex Blake have not reached the status of "household word". The range of Alex Blake's talent is bordering on phenomenal, as a plethora of musicians in virtually every style call upon him for truly unique bass playing. His recording and touring dates read like a "who's who" of all the "who's" that have ever played jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, McCoy Tyner The Last Poets, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Billy Cobham, The Manhattan Transfer, Astrud Gilberto, Pharaoh Sanders and Randy Weston's bassist of choice- African Rhythms Quartet
They have all chosen Alex as a source of versatility, strength, and originality. This has been happening since he was a child, and with his background and experience, it is no wonder that many have called him a prodigy.
Lenox Lounge Address: 288 Malcolm X Blvd (Lenox Avenue) New York NY 10034 U.S.
About the Venue: This is a historic jazz club in Harlem, famed for the who's who of jazz that played and sang here..>Billy Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie...all the greats at one time or another.
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