Blake Mickens is a professional bassist and music educator with a decade of experience. He has been playing professionally since 2015, getting his start playing in rock bands as a teenager and grew to love and play many styles. He obtained a degree in jazz performance from Webster University in 2022 and now spends much of his professional life performing. He is the songwriter/bassist for the emo band Inches from Glory as well as being an active member of the St. Louis’s jazz scene, playing with acts such as The Ian Buschmann Project, The Bennett Wood Quartet, The Brothers Lazaroff. As well as being a passionate performer, Blake is a dedicated teacher. Blake has worked with the education programs for organizations such as Jazz St. Louis and The Sheldon, working closely with the Jazz Academy program at Jazz St. Louis, as well as The Jazz Story and Missouri Music Programs presented by The Sheldon. As a teacher, his goal is to give students the tools to understand music as more than just notes on a page, but to truly make music a language.
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