Blaise Garza
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Blaise Garza | |
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 Blaise Garza | |
| Born | February 10, 1989 (age 32) Tampa Bay, Florida |
| Occupation | actor, musician |
Blaise Garrett Garza (born February 10, 1989) is an American actor and musician. He played the role of Gregory Hudson on Another World, a role he played from 1994 to 1996.
Garza's hiring was the first audition he had ever been on. He was subsequently placed as the son of John (David Forsyth) and Sharlene Hudson (Anna Kathryn Holbrook). He later appeared in various television commercials, and was the poster child for White House Juice, as "Jimmy Juice." After various commercials and industrials, Blaise was cast in his first feature film, Solitude Point, playing the grandson of Bo Svenson and Mitsuko Baisho. Blaise appeared in several more commercials before he was cast in his next feature film All Over the Guy where he played a young Tom (Richard Ruccolo). Blaise has since appeared in Drillbit Taylor.
Life[]
Blaise completed an interdisciplinary undergraduate music degree at UCSD in 2011. Upon graduation, he collaborated with the Museum of Making Music – a division of the NAMM Foundation – on its exhibition "The Sound of Sax: How the Saxophone Won America's Soul." The exhibit featured rare and historical saxophones from the collections of Rob Verdi and Blaise Garza and ran until January 2013. Blaise's album "Low Standards" was released in 2012 to accompany the saxophone exhibit and features the Eb and Bb tubax and contrabass saxophone.[1] Blaise performed with The Green (band) and Rebelution (band) on their "Peace of Mind" tour in 2012 and recorded saxophone on Sly Stone's 2014 singles "One More Hit" and "Role Model".[2] Blaise has been performing with the Violent Femmes since 2004 and is featured on their EP "Happy New Year" on bass saxophone and piano[3] as well as their most recent albums "We Can Do Anything" where he plays contrabass, bass and baritone saxophone[4] and "2 Mics and the Truth: Unplugged and Unhinged in America."[5]
While touring with the Violent Femmes as part of the Barenaked Ladies' 2015 "Last Summer On Earth" tour, Garza joined Barenaked Ladies and former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay (who was also part of the tour) in performing "Who Can It Be Now?" every night. One of these performances is featured on the album BNL Rocks Red Rocks.[6]
Filmography[]
- Another World (1994–1996)
- Solitude Point (1998)
- All Over the Guy (2001)
- Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Discography[]
- 2004 – Genesis Concert[7]
- 2012 – Low Standards
- 2014 – One More Hit (single) (with Sly Stone)
- 2014 – Role Model (single) (with Sly Stone)
- 2015 – Happy New Year
- 2016 – We Can Do Anything (with Violent Femmes)
- 2016 – BNL Rocks Red Rocks (with Barenaked Ladies)
- 2017 – 2 Mics & the Truth: Unplugged and Unhinged in America (with Violent Femmes)
- 2019 – Hotel Last Resort
References[]
- ^ "'The Sound of Sax' Fills the Museum of Making Music".
- ^ "Sly Stone's San Diego Connection".
- ^ "Violent Femmes – Happy New Year (2015, Champagne, Vinyl)".
- ^ "Violent Femmes – We Can do Anything (2016, Vinyl)".
- ^ "2 Mics & the Truth - Violent Femmes | Credits | AllMusic".
- ^ "Barenaked Ladies - Rocks Red Rocks (Album Review)". May 17, 2016.
- ^ "Genesis concert". December 11, 2004 – via Open WorldCat.
External links[]
- 1989 births
- American male soap opera actors
- American saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- Male actors from California
- Living people
- Musicians from California
- 21st-century saxophonists
- 21st-century American male musicians