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Blake Wilner Group

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorBring it on. Interloper punches the lights out and announces Wilner's certain arrival in the major league. It's a bad-ass band with brains.
Chris May, All About Jazz (2006)
Whilst leavening the jazz chops with outside rock and funk elements, Blake doesn't compromise his stance as a firm individualist.
Martin Longley, Jazz Review
Blake Wilner is an individual voice on guitar. Reflective, with a distinctive approach to composition, his pieces are lyrical, melodic and attractive. Solos are clean and spacious, and the result of concentrated thought. His career usefully demonstrates the international nature of jazz, and its ability to absorb music from anywhere in the world.
Mike Butler, Metro
An accomplished composer... whose music has an auspicious emotional and structural range.
Jazz Journal International
As with many of the evening's other pieces, the work then strayed into emotionally ambiguous territory, with tempestuous outbursts and moments of astounded revelation. An imaginative and original quartet.
James Griffiths, The Guardian
This is contemporary jazz at its best and some of the finest dynamic music on current offer.
Wes Gillespie, EuroclubdeJazz

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/03/2006
Band Website: www.blakewilnergroup.com
Band Members: Blake Wilner - guitarist/composer:Brandon Allen - saxophonist:Oli Hayhurst - bassist:Chris Hutchings - drums:

Australian Rhythm Section:Ben VanderWal - drums:Sam Anning - bass:

2008 UK Tour featured:John Blease - drums

Influences: John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Jim Hall, Mick Goodrick, Kenny Wessel, Pat Metheny, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Ravel, Brian Eno, Charles Ives, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Arvo Part, David Binney, Charlie Haden, EST, Lee Konitz, Kenny Garrett, David Bowie, Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Thelonious Monk, Tom Waits, Bob Marley, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Brian Blade, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bjork, Sting, The Police, Neil Finn, Preisner, Gorecki, Brad Mehldau, Philip Glass
Sounds Like: Some of the above, none of the above...Get Your Own! | View Slideshow




Record Label: Ant Jazz
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

just jazz guitar..

the new just jazz guitar magazine has just been published. its the anniversary edition and has some great stuff in it, including an article on 'hearing intervals' by this lowly blogger.its a great mag...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:50:00 GMT

glastonbury

just returned from glastonbury where i played with singer helen boulding. was quite the experience!!anyone contemplating should bear in mind the old adage - 'if you dont take wellies youre really scre...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:08:00 GMT

the wales tour and bowling extravaganza

thanks for having us Wales!! looking forward to a return trip already. for those in the know, these were the cardiff bay 10 pin bowling results- 1 - bombastic 2 - the champ 3 - hunter 4 - monster j...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:13:00 GMT

Just Jazz Guitar

For those of you who might be interested, an article of mine/lesson has been published in the latest edition of Just Jazz Guitar magazine. Its a great publication and worth hunting down. If you do b...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 15:18:00 GMT

Benson G

Just had to drop a note about this George Benson dvd I just watched (I think it was called the Art of Jazz Guitar). If you want to see someone combine the highest level of musicianship with the highes...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:26:00 GMT

tran s cribe II

I watched an interesting lesson with John Abercrombie the other day where he emphasises the importance of developing your own melodic/rhythmic concept. The methods that he recommends to do this a...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:28:00 GMT

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R I P     J B    C J   M B What a festive time of year...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:53:00 GMT

tran s cribe

I think I've now done my dash with transcribing Persuance - the Kenny Garrett album I mentioned in an earlier blog... I'm now spending some time on a couple of John Scofield tracks from the album Groo...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:38:00 GMT

Tony and Kurt

I went to see Kurt Elling at Pizza Express in London last night and witnessed a truly beautiful, unpretentious and significant jazz moment. Kurt singing for Tony Bennett, who had popped in to cat...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:49:00 GMT

Guitar Stuff

Thought I'd keep a log of what I'm working on musically. I guess for my sake just as much as anyone elses...   Transcribing - I made the decision to transcribe all the guitar and sax solos on Ken...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:55:00 GMT