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Get the Blessing | |
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 Get the Blessing, Treibhaus Innsbruck 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Blessing |
| Origin | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Jazz rock |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Cake/Candid |
| Members | Jake McMurchie Pete Judge Jim Barr Clive Deamer |
| Website | gettheblessing |
Get the Blessing (previously known as the Blessing) are a jazz rock quartet based in Bristol, England.[1] The band formed in 2000 when Jim Barr (bass guitar) and Clive Deamer (drums), who had played with Portishead, joined Jake McMurchie (saxophone) and Pete Judge (trumpet) over their appreciation of Ornette Coleman.[1]
Get the Blessing have released six albums; their debut All Is Yes won best album at the 2008 BBC Jazz Awards.[2] Their album Bristopia was released in 2018.
- ^ a b Nastos, Michael G. "Get the Blessing". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "BBC – Music – Jazz Awards 2008". BBC. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2009.