(September 11, 2020) - "I try to see music visually," said lead guitarist Blake Aaron about the titled of his September 18, 2020 album release titled "Color ad Passion" (Innervision Records). "Music makes a lot of color to me."

Blake is currently promoting the latest single release from the upcoming project titled "Day Light." The "Color and Passion" album features saxophonists David Rahn ("Vivid"); Najee ("Sunday Strut"); flutist Kim Scott ("Don't You Worry ‘Bout a Thing"); bass players Darryl Williams, Hussain Jiffry and Mel Brown; drummers Tony Moore and Eric Valentine; keyboardists/pianists Rob Mullins, Tateng Katindig and Mike Whittaker; horn players/arrangers David Mann and Lee Thornburg, and guitarist Adam Hawley ("Sunday Strut"). Two of the singles, "Fall for You" and "Groovers and Shakers" went #1 on Billboard. The project consists of previously released hit singles, new original material and cover songs.

"A lot of them I've worked with quit a bit," said Aaron about the featured guests on the "Color and Passion" album. "I worked with Najee. He and I been working together for quit sometime. I have some great piano players, Mike Whittaker produced by first record in 2001."

Blake is fluent in Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Pop, R&B, Latin, Caribbean, Jazz Fusion and Rock. As a musician he has played for such acts as The Gap Band, Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire), Bobby Womack, Carlos Santana, Sheila E. and Najee, and for such television shows as Fox's "Mad TV" and ABC's "The Next Best Thing." He is also a radio show host for his "Blake Aaron Live with Tina Anderson" aired in San Pedro, California at KSBR.

"The guitar stuck...the guitar expressed what I felt. As a kid I wanted to play Rock-n-Roll, then Jazz. I ate it all up. I even went to the school of music," Blake explained. "Someone said, ‘Check out R&B.' I played R&B. I was even a studio musician. A never ending thing...I loved everything, but it made my career less focused. I went from sideman to being an artist. I had songs I wanted to get out there. I had a five song EP I programmed myself. Peter (Vidmar), was a gymnast who won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics, he said. ‘I want to give a gift to those who attend my motivational (classes) something special.' He wanted my EP. I said let me do it better."

Aaron told Vidmar that they might as well make it official and they launched the Innervision Records label to distribute the EP from. Twenty-five years later not only do they distribute Blake's music worldwide but a long roster of Jazz, Neo-Soul and Smooth Jazz musicians and artists. So watch out for the full-length "Color and Passion" Blake Aaron project on September 18th via Innervision Records and catch Blake live at the "Mallorea Smooth Jazz Fest" in Spain October 4 - 10th. www.InnervisionRecords.com www.BlakeAaron.com www.BlakeAaaronRadioShow.com