Seamus Blake

Seamus Blake (born December 8, 1970) is a Canadian tenor saxophonist and composer currently residing in New York.

Blake was born in London, England and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended Berklee School of Music in Boston. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City. In February 2002, he won the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. He currently plays with his own quintet (featuring David Kikoski, Lage Lund, Bill Stewart, and Matt Clohesy) and has been a regular with the Mingus Big Band as well as many other New York musicians.

As leader

• The Call (Criss Cross Jazz, 1993)
• Four Track Mind (Criss Cross Jazz, 1994)
• The Bloomdaddies (Criss Cross Jazz, 1995)
• Echonomics (Criss Cross Jazz, 1999)
• Stranger Things Have Happened (Fresh Sound, 1999)
• Way Out Willy (Criss Cross Jazz, 2006)
• Live in Italy (Jazz Eyes, 2008)
• Bellwether (Criss Cross Jazz, 2008)
• Live at Smalls (Smalls Live, 2009)
• Reeds Ramble (Criss Cross Jazz, 2013)
• Superconductor (5Passion, 2015)
• Bridges with Seamus Blake (AMP Music & Records, 2016)
• Guardians of the Heart Machine (Whirlwind Recordings, 2019)

As sideman

With Franco Ambrosetti

• Live at the Blue Note (Enja, 1993)

With Olegario Diaz

• Basquiat By Night/Day (SteepleChase Records, 2013)
• I Remember Chet (Steeplechase Records, 2018)

With Dave Douglas

• Freak In (RCA, 2003)

With Wycliffe Gordon

• Dig This!! (Criss Cross Jazz, 2003)

With Opus 5

• Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross Jazz, 2011)
• Pentasonic (Criss Cross Jazz, 2012)
• Progression (Criss Cross Jazz, 2014)
• Tickle (Criss Cross Jazz, 2015)

With Antonio Sanchez

• The Meridian Suite (CAM Jazz, 2015)

With Kendrick Scott Oracle

• The Source (World Culture Music, 2007)

With Bill Stewart

• Space Squid (Pirouet Records, 2016)

With Jesse van Ruller

• Circles (Criss Cross Jazz, 2002)
• Views (Criss Cross Jazz, 2005)

As a featured artist

• Skyness (Dan Costa, 2018)