Seamus Blake (born December 8, 1970) is a British-born Canadian tenor saxophonist. Early life and education Blake was born in London, England and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a child and he later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Career Upon graduation, he moved to New York City. In February 2002, he won the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. He currently plays with his own quintet (featuring David Kikoski, Lage Lund, Bill Stewart, and Matt Clohesy) and has been a regular with the Mingus Big Band as well as many other New York musicians. In 2022 Seamus became a member of Roger Waters touring band for the This Is Not a Drill tour. Seamus is playing sax on Pink Floyd classic songs as well as Waters solo material. Discography As leader The Call (Criss Cross, 1994) The Bloomdaddies (Criss Cross, 1996) Four Track Mind (Criss Cross, 1997) Stranger Things Have Happened (Fresh Sound, 1999) Sun Sol (Fresh Sound, 2000) Echonomics (Criss Cross, 2001) Live Au Cabaret (Effendi, 2001) Way Out Willy (Criss Cross, 2007) Live in Italy (Jazz Eyes 2008) Bellwether (Criss Cross, 2009) Live at Smalls (SmallsLIVE, 2010) As You Like with BANN (Jazz Eyes 2010) Superconductor (5Passion 2015) Reeds Ramble with Chris Cheek (Criss Cross, 2014) Let's Call the Whole Thing Off with Chris Cheek (Criss Cross, 2016) Guardians of the Heart Machine (Whirlwind, 2019) With Opus 5 Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross, 2011) Pentasonic (Criss Cross, 2012) Progression (Criss Cross, 2014) Tickle (Criss Cross, 2015) As sideman With Lea DeLaria Play It Cool (Warner Bros., 2001) Double Standards (Telarc, 2003) House of David (Ghostlight, 2015) The Live (Smoke Sessions, 2008) With David Kikoski The Maze (Criss Cross, 1999) Combinations (Criss Cross, 2001) The Five (DIW, 2002) Limits (Criss Cross, 2006) With Victor Lewis Eeeyyess! (Enja, 1997) Know It Today, Know It Tomorrow (Red Record, 1993) Three Way Conversations (Red Record, 1997) With Monday Michiru Episodes in Color (SAR, 2002) Don't Disturb This Groove (Grand Gallery, 2011) Brasilified (Billboard, 2013) With Mingus Big Band Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999) I Am Three (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2005) Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996) Live in Tokyo (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2006) Que Viva Mingus! (Dreyfus, 1997) Tonight at Noon... Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002) With Eric Reed The Baddest Monk (Savant, 2012) Groovewise (Smoke Sessions, 2014) The Adventurous