Johnathan Blake

Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression.

Under the Surface represents a creative breakthrough for pianist and composer Sumi Tonooka. She made the suite for the Alchemy Sound Project, inspired by the underground network that nourishes trees, and serves as a sustaining model.

Drummer Johnathan Blake has always carried a musical torch for his father, the late violinist John Blake, Jr. With a forthcoming Blue Note album, 'Passage,' he pays his most direct homage yet.