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SPECIAL MATINEE PERFORMANCE SEAMUS BLAKE QUARTET Chris Gestrin - piano, Darren Radtke - bass, Bernie Arai - drums, Seamus Blake - tenor saxophone New York based tenor sax player Seamus Blake is gaining increasing recognition as one of the finest and most creative young players emerging in jazz. His inclusion in the 1997 Downbeat Critics Poll as an artist deserving of wider recognition attests to this fact. Pat Metheny has described him as "the best tenor player I've heard in a couple of years" (JazzTimes April 1997). John Scofield, who hired him for his 'Quiet Band', calls him 'extraordinary, a total saxophonist". He continues to tour with Scofield and recently finished a summer 2001 quartet tour. Born in England but raised in Vancouver, Canada, Blake was first asked to record at the ... more...