The Alex Blake Quartet - In Motion: in Central Park, part II

The Alex Blake Quartet - In Motion
Alex Blake - Bass
Ted Cruz - Keyboards
Chris Hunter - Sax
Victor Jones - Drums
Neil Clarke - Percussion

Bassist, Composer and leader of The Alex Blake Quartet


Alex Blake was born in Panama where, as a child, he enjoyed the infusion of cultures common in Central America. Acting as a bridge between North and South America, Panama captures a little bit of each culture passing through. It only follows that as one of the building blocks to his character, this environmental influence would later be echoed in his uncanny ability to play every style of music. Alex moved with his family to the United States when he was seven years old, and continued to be influenced by his environment, which this time round was Brooklyn, New York.

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[The2020Watcher]

Yep... I was among the fortunates who saw Alex several times with the Astral Pirates lineup;he was awesome on that zebra wood Alembic long scale bass. Great to hear him play a bit of Dreams Come and Go Away here... A huge influence...

[VintageGuy1]

I second the previous accolade posts on here. Alex's playing, as well as the entire studio line-up for 'The Adventures of Astrial Pirates' was nothing short of incredible.

[ozzinc]

he did some great bass playing on lenny whites astral pirates, the best i ever heard him sound.

[joffyjazz]

Great to hear Alex on electric bass. I love him on lenny whites astral pirates.