Alex Blake (born Alejandro Blake Fearon Jr., 1951) is a jazz bass player.

Biography

Blake was born in 1951 in Panama and moved to the United States at the age of seven, growing up in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career with Sun Ra's band Arkestra. Blake became one of the major proponents of the fusion movement in the late 1970s through his writing and performances with Lenny White and Billy Cobham. A live performance compilation was released by Bubble Core Records in 2000 titled Now Is the Time: Live at the Knitting Factory. The album featured Blake's own quintet, which included Pharoah Sanders, Victor Jones, John Hicks and Neil Clarke (percussion). In addition to leading his own group, Blake also performed and recorded with Randy Weston, as well as other musicians.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Billy Cobham With The Manhattan Transfer With Pharoah Sanders With Sun Ra With Kazumi Watanabe With Randy Weston With others