Biography

Jerry Blake
Real name: Jacinto Chabania
American jazz alto saxophone and clarinet player.Born: January 23, 1908 in Gary, Indiana.
Died: December 31, 1961. (Mental institution)
Blake played with Albert Wynn, Bobby Lee, Charlie Turner, Sam Wooding, Chick Webb, Zack White, Don Redman, Willie Lewis, Claude Hopkins, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Lionel Hampton.