Blake, Ranney 'Ran' B 20.apr.1935- USA Massachusetts, Springfield
jazz pianist, 1960 BA from Bard College, studied at Columbia University, 1957-1960 at the School of Jazz in Lenox Massachusetts, studied privately with Ray Cassarino, Willie Laurence James, Oscar Peterson, Mary Lou Williams, Mal Waldron, William Russo and Gunther Schuller, 1957-1959 organized the Bard Jazz Festivals, 20.sep.1964 debuted at New York Town Hall, 1965 won first prize in Germany for outstanding pop-jazz of the year, 1958-1960 music critic in New York, 1968 on the faculty of New England Conservatory, 1976 residing at 25 St Stephen Street and 1983 at 290 Huntington Avenue in Boston