Ran Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for his unique style that combines blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an innovative and dark jazz sound. His career spans over 40 recording credits on jazz albums along with more than 40 years of teaching jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he started the Department of Third Stream (now called the Department of Contemporary Improvisation) with Gunther Schuller.
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Eyran Katsenelenbogen
American musician
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Claire Ritter
American musician
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Jeanne Lee
American singer
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Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
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Fred Hersch
American musician
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Steve Kuhn
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James Newton
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Jaki Byard
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Matthew Shipp
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Russ Lossing
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Charles Mingus
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Mal Waldron
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Richard Teitelbaum
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Tom Barabas
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Craig Taborn
American musician
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Keith Jarrett
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Tom Varner
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Sam Rivers
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Brian Landrus
jazz musician
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Lennie Tristano
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Danilo Pérez
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Bob Brookmeyer
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Bruce Arnold
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Adam Makowicz
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Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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Eric Dolphy
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J. J. Johnson
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James Williams
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Art Tatum
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Jim Hall
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Jacques Loussier
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Thelonious Monk
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John Bergamo
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Dave Douglas
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Michel Reis
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Brad Mehldau
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Sonny Rollins
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Bill Evans
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Denny Zeitlin
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Armen Donelian
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Ed Schuller
American musician
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Lyle Mays
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Chick Corea
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