Ron Blake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ron Blake

Puerto Rican musician

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1965

Place of Birth: Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.