- David Blamires
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David Blamires Genres Jazz Occupations Musician Instruments Vocals, guitar, trumpet, violin, mellophone, recorder, accordion David Blamires is a vocalist and composer and was born in Bradford, England but moved to Toronto, Canada and is one of Canada's most versatile and sought after session musicians. His résumé includes projects with Anne Murray, Triumph, Manteca and Pat Metheny.
Blamires is best known for his musical work with the Pat Metheny Group in a decade long span between 1987 and 1997 which earned him several Grammy awards. In addition to non-lyrical singing[1] on several of the Group's albums, Blamires also played guitar, trumpet, violin, mellophone, and recorder. For a couple of the albums, Blamires even picked up marimbas and accordion.[2]
His own self-titled jazz worldbeat album released in 1992 achieved limited success in U.S. and Canada.
Selected discography
- Pat Metheny Group
- Pat Metheny
- Secret Story
- The David Blamires Group
- The David Blamires Group (album), 1992
References
- ^ Kelman, John (2006-05-27). "Pat Metheny Group Reissues: We Live Here & Quartet". All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21890. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ Robb, Gregory (2003-10-01). "Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here". All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=413. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
External links
Pat Metheny • Lyle Mays • Steve Rodby • Antonio Sanchez • Cuong Vu • Grégoire Maret • Nando Lauria
Mark Egan • Danny Gottlieb • Naná Vasconcelos • Pedro Aznar • Paul Wertico • Armando Marcal • David Blamires • Mark Ledford • Luis Conte • Richard BonaDiscography Pat Metheny Group (1978) • American Garage (1980) • Offramp (1982) • Travels (1983) • First Circle (1984) • The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) • Still Life (Talking) (1987) • Letter from Home (1989) • The Road to You (1993) • We Live Here (1995) • Quartet (1996) • Imaginary Day (1997) • Speaking of Now (2002) • The Way Up (2005)Categories:- Living people
- Canadian jazz musicians
- Pat Metheny Group members
- Canadian musician stubs
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