Based: Cape Town
Blake Hellaby is a young emerging artist in South Africa, making a name for himself across many musical genres.
He graduated from the esteemed University of Cape Town with a BMus Performance in 2014.
Blake has performed with local artists such as McCoy Mrubata; Frank Paco; Mark Fransman; Ian Smith; Buddy Wells, John Hassan, Nono Nkoane, Adelia Douw and the Delft Big Band.
In 2013 he produced; mixed and mastered his band’s ‘Under The Influence’ first EP ‘Hindsight’, which was signed to the Chicago based record label and radio station ‘Chicago House FM’. Of the 5 songs released, 2 made it onto the Heart 104.9fm top 10.
Blake was selected to be part of the Standard Bank National Youth Band; The Standard Bank Schools’ Big Band and The Miagi Youth Orchestra.
He has performed at The Oslo Jazz Festival; The Cape Town International Jazz Festival; the Jo’burg Joy of Jazz Festival; The Grahamstown Jazz Festival, The Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin, Jazz on The Rocks – Titties Baai. He has also toured Burgundy, France with The Delft Big Band.
