To consider that saxplayer Seamus Blake was inclosed in the Downbeat Critics Poll as an “artist deserving of wider recognition”, that Pat Metheny described him as “the best tenor player I’ve heard in a couple of years” (JazzTimes April 1997), that John Scofield hired him for his Quiet Band, calling him “extraordinary, a total saxophonist” or that he placed 1st in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition in February 2002, all that only attests a part of this very interesting musician’s course. London born – but Vancouver raised – saxophonist showcases a fluent phrasing both on tenor and soprano, forged during the best years of jazz in ’90s New York City, together with his pals Mark Turner, Kevin Hays, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Larry Grenadier.