Smooth Jazz Keyboardist Alan Blake and jazz vocalist Lita Blake have toured and recorded with artists such as the late Grover Washington Jr., the late George Howard, Jean Carne, Kevin Eubanks, and Rachelle Ferrell. Lita studied under Dr. Donald Byrd at Howard University and performed with jazz pianist Billy Taylor and bassist Ron Carter during a Settlement Music School event in Philadelphia. They have performed at the Saratoga Springs Jazz Festival, Baltimore Harbor Jazz series, and several national venues with the late George Howard, Fairmount Park Philadelphia with jazz saxophonist the late Grover Washington Jr., the Hampton University Jazz Festival, Trinity College Workshop, Penn’s Landing jazz series, as well as the famous Blue Note jazz club in New York with jazz violinist John Blake, University of Pennsylvania Medical School Jazz events, "Music@Noon" Concert series (Centennial Park-Atlanta), “Chastain at the Cascades” Jazz concert series, Third World Festival at Centennial Park (2003), Swarthmore College Student Union Jazz concert series, “Jazz by the Lake” concert series in Stone Mountain, GA., St. Kitts Prime Ministers’ New Years Ball (2006).
They opened for Jeffrey Osborne in June, 2005 at the benchmark 100 Black Men event “Le Cabaret” in Atlanta, Georgia, opened for Frankie Beverly and Maze at "Le Cabaret" 2006, and Chaka Khan in 2007.
They have also performed at numerous functions and events for many corporations and philanthropic organizations.
Alan is the brother of world renowned violinist John Blake Jr.
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Hello Alan and Lita, you both are very talented as well and I am very happy to have you as friends! Please keep in touch it is a great place for us artist to exchange ideas, Thanks again for the nice feedback and being friends:)
The music is Hotttttttttttt. Thanks for being a friend and great sound. I would love to write to your music. Your voice is unique. You put me in the mind of Al Jerrou. Now I might have spelled that wrong. LOL
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