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Blade made his first appearances as a sideman with pianist Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman and continued to work as a sideman with other musicians commonly known as "young lions." As a leader, he has released two albums under the Brian Blade Fellowship with a distinct country music feel, due in part to Blade's being one the few jazz bandleaders to prominently feature pedal steel guitar. (Another jazz drummer/composer, Bobby Previte, has also featured pedal steel occasionally.) Brad Mehldau (born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist. ... Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is a prominent jazz saxophonist who records for Warner Brothers records. ... Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic Music, Blues, Gospel music, and Old-time music. ... The pedal steel guitar (also called steel guitar) is a type of guitar, and a method of playing the instrument. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Robert Previte (born July 16, 1954, Niagara Falls, New York) is a jazz drummer, composer and bandleader. ...

While continuing to work with Fellowship, he has been a member of Wayne Shorter's most recent quartet and also participated in the "Directions in Music" band, a band dedicated to the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, featuring Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, and Roy Hargrove. Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter in the 1960s quintet Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ... Davis 1959 album Kind of Blue, likely the best-selling jazz album ever. ... John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Michael Brecker Michael Brecker (b. ... Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... Roy Hargrove, born in 1969 in Waco, Texas, has gone from a child prodigy to become an established young jazz trumpeter, with several albums as a leader under his belt. ...

Blade has also recorded or performed with Joni Mitchell, Bill Frisell, Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois, and others. He is often dubbed a young lion in the current jazz scene. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta), is a legendary Canadian musician and painter. ... William Richard Bill Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist. ... Emmylou Harris on the cover of her collection Profile Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer-songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. // Early years Harris graduated from high school as class valedictorian and won a drama scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. ... Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ...

Discography

• Brian Blade Fellowship (1998)
• Perceptual (2000)

External link

• A Conversation with Brian Blade (1998)