Latest Release
- SEP 29, 2023
- 7 Songs
- Steel House · 2017
- Dance of the Elders · 2023
- Angular Blues · 2020
- Finding Light · 2022
- RoundAgain · 2020
- Perceptual · 2000
- Rising Grace · 2016
- Unicity · 2006
- RoundAgain · 2020
- Friendly Travelers · 2007
Artist Playlists
- As a sideman and a bandleader, this drummer is a master of the subtle build.
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
Live Albums
- 2019
Compilations
- 2023
- Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt
- Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt
- Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt
- Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt
About Brian Blade
A thoughtful drummer, bandleader, and composer, Brian Blade participates in myriad jazz projects and has an ear for rootsy introspection and cross-genre exploration. He established himself as a versatile sideman with Joshua Redman's quartet, which includes Kenny Garrett and Brad Mehldau, and drew attention from artists outside jazz. His Blue Note debut, 1998's Brian Blade Fellowship, was followed by 2000's Perceptual, 2008's Season of Change, and 2017's Body and Shadow. He reunited with Redman's '90s quartet for 2020's RoundAgain and 2022's LongGone. In January 2023, Blade's Lifecycles septet issued their debut album, Lifecycles, Vols. 1-2: Now! And Forever More Honoring Bobby Hutcherson, followed by Kings Highway with the Fellowship, both on his own Stoner Hill Records. In September 2023, Blade served with bassist Scott Colley in Wolfgang Muthspiel's trio for 2020's Angular Blues and 2023's Dance of the Elders.
- HOMETOWN
- Shreveport, LA, United States
- BORN
- July 25, 1970
- GENRE
- Jazz