Blake Newman

Julius Caesar, Jazz Trio (Bass). A.R.T.: Oedipus, Orpheus X. Bassist with Jeff Robinson Trio, performing with Amiri Baraka, Patricia Smith, Askia Toure, and Quincy Troupe; and recording “Next On the Mic” (released August 2007, Rounder Records). Three years with Bruce Katz, performing on tours and festivals in Canada, Europe, the U.S., and the U.K., recording “Three Feet off the Ground” (2000, Audioquest). Four years with Gamelan Galak Tika, recording "Amok" (2000, New World Records). Played Carnegie Hall and toured Bali with Galak Tika in 2005. Performed in Orpheus X with the American Repertory Theater at the Edinburgh International Festival, 2007. Composed score for play As If We Live to Bear No Scars, 2007. Toured Senegal with Ibrahima Camara and Safal, 1998. Performances and/or recordings with David Murray, Ran Blake, Big Jack Johnson, Duke Robillard, John Sinclair, Peter Wolf, Butch Morris, Jon Faddis, David Maxwell. BM Berklee College of Music. Studied with Gary Peacock, Charlie Haden, and Dave Holland.