Brian Blade 1970年出生在Louisiana，在Shreveport長大，后來他去了New Orleans。跟隨Ellis Marsalis，Johnny Vidacovich,Herlin Riley學習之后，Blade開始摸索自己的風格。為許多人錄音和演出，Joshua Redman,Kenny Garrrtt,Bob Dylan(Time Out Of Mind),Emmylou Harris(Wrecking Ball),Daniel Lanois都表現的游刃有余。他在Blue Note發行的第一張專輯Brian Blade Fellowship贏得了很高的評價。Brian Blade打破了音樂的界限，他說:“我希望音樂成為伙伴，這與你們希望整個世界團結是一樣的，我希望音樂能實現那中團結。這是我一只以來的理想，我想把它保持下去。” A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Brian Blade established himself as a versatile, accomplished drummer early in his career, appearing on albums by the likes of Joshua Redman, Kenny Garrett and Bob Dylan before he released his first album, Brian Blade Fellowship at the age of 27 in 1998. Perceptual followed two years later