Michael Blake - Dance of the Mystic Bliss (2023)

Michael Blake
Dance of the Mystic Bliss
2023 - P&M Records: CD0001
https://www.pandmrecords.com/catalogue/
https://michaelblake.bandcamp.com/album/dance-of-the-mystic-bliss

* Michael Blake : tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute
* Guilherme Monteiro : electric guitar
* Skye Steele : violin, rabeca, gonji
* Christopher Hoffman: cello
* Michael Bates : acoustic bass
* Mauro Refosco : percussion
* Rogerio Boccato : percussion

https://www.michaelblake.net/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/guilherme-monteiro-mn0000085115
https://www.skyesteele.com/
https://www.christopherhoffman.com/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-bates-mn0000455418
https://www.maurorefosco.com/
https://www.rogerioboccato.com/

Recorded by Jake Owen on October 9-15, 2020.

Reviews
~~~~~~~

By Matt Collar
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dance-of-the-mystic-bliss-mw0003946849

A longtime proponent of adventurous, genre-bending jazz and global music,
saxophonist Michael Blake brings his boundary-breaking approach to new heights
on 2023's Dance of the Mystic Bliss. Having started his career as an integral
member of the eclectic New York jazz and art-rock group the Lounge Lizards,
Blake has established himself as one of the most unpredictable instrumentalists
to emerge from the Downtown scene, collaborating on projects with equally
exploratory performers like Steven Bernstein, Ben Allison, and Jamie
Leonhart. His own albums have found him digging into a wide array of sounds,
from Chinese folk traditions (1997's Kingdom of Champa), to ECM-style
atmospherics (2002's Blake Tartare), to swinging modern creative jazz (2014's
Tiddy Boom). He brings all this experience and more to bear on Dance of the
Mystic Bliss, a harmonically shimmering and textural production that showcases
his bold arranging and virtuosic improvisation skills. [...]

--

By John Fordham
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/16/michael-blake-chroma-nova-dance-of-the-mystic-bliss-review

By Jerome Wilson
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dance-of-the-mystic-bliss-michael-blake-self-produced

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/michael-blake-dance-of-the-mystic-bliss-album-review

By Jim Hynes
https://www.makingascene.org/michael-blake-dance-of-the-mystic-bliss/

Tor Hammerø (no)
https://www.nettavisen.no/plateanmeldelse/musikk/jazz/livsbejaende/r/5-95-1137513

Jan Hocek (cz)
https://jazzport.cz/2023/08/07/michael-blake-a-jeho-tanec-mysticke-blazenosti/

Jan Granlie (dk)
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/michael-blake-3/

Wolf Kampmann (de)
https://www.jazzthing.de/review/michael-blake-dance-of-the-mystic-bliss/

Radio France (fr)
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/jazz-bonus-michael-blake-dance-of-the-mystic-bliss-4909239