Drummer, composer, and bandleader Johnathan Blake returns with 'Passage', an exhilarating follow-up to his acclaimed debut album 'Homeward Bound'. This new album reunites his group Pentad with Immanuel Wilkins on alto saxophone, Joel Ross on vibraphone, David Virelles on piano, and Dezron Douglas on bass.Dedicated to the memory of his father John Blake Jr, a jazz violinist whose moving composition 'Passage' gives the album its title, this 10-track record also includes five new original compositions by Blake, as well as pieces by Douglas, Virelles, and Blake's drum teacher and mentor Ralph Peterson Jr.