Brian Blade
Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and session musician.
Brian Blade in Aarhus, Denmark 2017
Blade was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. The first music he experienced was gospel and songs of praise at the Zion Baptist Church where his father, Brady L. Blade Sr., has been the pastor for fifty-two years. In elementary school, music appreciation classes were an important part of his development and at age nine, he began playing the violin. Inspired by his older brother, Brady Blade Jr., who had been the drummer at Zion Baptist Church, Blade shifted his focus to the drums throughout middle and high school.
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The Chick Corea Trilogy. (Courtesy The Lensic) moswald@abqjournal.com Thu Oct 03 21:17:37 -0600 2019 1570159055 FILENAME: 1569718.jpg
Wayne Shorter receives the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award from Herbie Hancock surrounded by Wayne's band members Brian Blade, John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and members of the band Take 6. (PRNewsFoto/Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz)
Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band. L-R: Blade, Myron Walden, Melvin Butler, Chris Thomas, Jon Cowherd.
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The New Trio with Jeff Denson on bass, Romain Pilon on guitar, and Brian Blade on drums at The Nash Jazz Club for the pre-release tour of "Between Two Worlds".
Steel House / photo: Sophia Wong
The Wayne Shorter Quartet, featuring Damilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade, perform at the 2013 Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, LA on May 5, 2013. © HIGH ISO Music, LLC / Retna, Ltd.
