Ron Blake

Ron Blake (born September 7, 1965) is an American saxophonist, band leader, composer, and music educator. Born in the Virgin Islands, he attended Northwestern University, and now lives in New York City. Blake began studying guitar at 8 and turned to the saxophone at 10. He taught at the University of South Florida before moving to New York, where he spent five years in trumpeter Roy Hargrove's quintet, and seven years in flugelhornist Art Farmer's group. He completed a master's degree at NYU in 2010. Blake co-founded the 21st Century Band and the Tahmun record label with Dion Parson in 1998. He is a member of NBC's Saturday Night Live Band, and the Grammy award-winning Christian McBride Big Band. He is a professor of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School. He has more than sixty credits on his discography as a sideman and continues to work as a performer.
As sideman or featured artist.
With Bobby Broom
With David Byrne and St. Vincent
 With Marc Cary
With Joey DeFrancesco
With Cucu Diamantes
With Denise Donatelli
With Kat Edmonson
With Art Farmer
With Tia Fuller
With Tobias Gebb & Unit 7
With Benny Golson
With Benito Gonzalez
With Roy Hargrove
With Morgan James
With Sean Jones
With Cornelius Claudio Kreusch & Black Mud Sound
With Steve Kroon
With Oliver Lake Big Band
With Axel Tosca Laugart
With Ric Mandell
With Armin Marmalejo
With Christian McBride
With Jorge Moreno
With Meshell Ndegeocello
With Nicole
With Organissimo
With Dion Parson and 21st Century Band
With Clarence Penn
With Katy Perry
With Tony Reedus
With Diane Reeves
With Justin Robinson
With Reuben Rogers
With Matthew Rybecki
With Stephen Scott
With Terell Stafford
With Mary Stallings
With Sunny Sumter
With Jimmy Smith
With Teraesa Vinson
With Rodney Whitaker
With Pharez Whitted
With Vanessa Williams
With Gerald Wilson
With Anthony Wonsey
With Yerba Buena!