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John Blake Jr. and special guest Rosella Clemmons Washington
with Fruits of the Spirit

Concert Saturday, March 26, 8 pm

Location: The Grand, 818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
Tickets: call 800-37GRAND or 302-652-5577, or visit The Grand website.

Click Here to view the promotional flyer. If you would like to donate tickets for deserving students who participated in the community workshops prior to the performance but can’t afford tickets, please contact us.

Click the image at right to see a video clip of John’s recent performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

New CD: Motherless Child

One of the first improvisers and composers to adapt to the modern era the groundbreaking contributions Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith and other pioneering jazz violinists made to the legacy of an instrument primarily associated with classical and folk music, John Blake, Jr. has consistently created music that engages the heart, mind, body and soul.  With the release of Motherless Child, Blake also joins the distinguished list of jazz musicians and arrangers who have mined the rich repository of the African American Spiritual songbook and created new versions of these timeless and inspirational works — some solely instrumental and others featuring vocals — that pay righteous and reverent respect to the music’s illustrious heritage in a manner that is distinctively original and compelling.

Click here for more information about John’s new recording.