Art Blakey
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Arthur “Art” Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz
drummer and bandleader.
Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known
as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly
influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers included many young
musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band’s legacy is thus ...read more
Arthur “Art” Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz
drummer and bandleader.
Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known
as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly
influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers included many young
musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band’s legacy is thus not only known for the often
exceptionally fine music it produced, but as a proving ground for several generations of jazz musicians; Blakey’s groups are
matched only by those of Miles Davis in this regard. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Legendary jazz drummer Art Blakey (1919-1990) is best known for the band he led, known as Art Blakey & The Jazz
Messengers, which over the course of thirty years included some of the most prominent jazz musicians of the day —
including Clifford Brown, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis.
Blakey was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By the time he was a teenager he was playing the piano full-time, leading a
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