Rob Blakeslee

Free jazz trumpeter Rob Blakeslee was born and raised in Portland, OR, beginning his professional career on the West Coast circuit in 1970. Upon relocating to Dallas, TX in 1983, he recorded with the Daagnim label, additionally teaching trumpet and jazz improvisation in the Dallas Independent School District; four years later Blakeslee returned to Portland, and in 1988 was appointed Director of ...more