Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Legendary Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Ran Blake ..His style is quite unique -combining blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an innovative and dark jazz sound. His career includes over 40+ recording credits on jazz albums along with more than Four Plus Decades of teaching jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music – He got into his career and it was all put into perspective by talking about A-Side Records Release of Previously Unheard Music from the Revered, Adventurous Duo of Vocalist Jeanne Lee and Ran with recordings from 1966 and 1967 .. and He talked about an album called Eclipse Orange" as he teamed up with Claire Ritter – it’s their first duo outing as third stream pianists weaving together their singular voices in celebration of Thelonious Monk's 100th birthday.Click here to listen to the interview.
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