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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)
Musical artist
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.[1]
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. In the mid-1950s, Horace Silver and Blakey formed the Jazz Messengers, a group which he led for the next 35 years. The group was formed as a collective of contemporaries, but over the years the band became known as an incubator for young talent, including Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller, Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Cedar Walton, Woody Shaw, Terence Blanchard, and Wynton Marsalis. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz calls the Jazz Messengers "the archetypal hard bop gr
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
This article is about The Jazz Messengers group. For the album, see The Jazz Messengers (album).
"Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" redirects here. For their self-titled albums, see Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (disambiguation).
The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective,[1][2][3] and ending when long-time leader and founding drummerArt Blakey died in 1990.[4] Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset.[2] "Art Blakey" and "Jazz Messengers" became synonymous over the years, though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions and played as a sideman for other groups throughout his career.[5][6][7]
"Yes sir, I'm gonna to stay with the youngsters. When these get too old, I'm gonna get some younger ones. Keeps the mind active."
— Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 (CD)[8]
The group evolved into a proving ground for young jazz talent. Wh
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Art Blakey Chronology (and the Jazz Messengers)
by Steve Schwartz and Michael Fitzgerald
May 1996-July 6, 2008
Dates refer to first documented existence of particular band, usually at a recording session, but occasionally at a performing engagement.
Special editions of the Jazz Messengers, whether all-star alumni groupings or studio-only bands are marked with an *. Recording sessions or performances unrelated to the Jazz Messengers are listed in italics.
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Pittsburgh
Art Blakey was born in Pittsburgh, PA on October 11, 1919.
“I’ve had bands since I was 15 years old. I was playing piano with the best band in Pittsburgh – 18 pieces – and the best gig, too. We sounded like Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, we played Benny Goodman and Benny Carter things.”
– Art Blakey, quoted by John Litweiler in Down Beat, March 25, 1976, p.16.
1939: John Michel-t; Specs Thomas “Horse-collar”-as; Musa Kaleem (Orlando Wright)-ts; Walter R
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