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Art Blakey

Arthur “Art” Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazzdrummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is knownas a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundlyinfluential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers included many youngmusicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band’s legacy is thus not only known for t ...read more

Arthur “Art” Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazzdrummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is knownas a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundlyinfluential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers included many youngmusicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band’s legacy is thus not only known for the oftenexceptionally fine music it produced, but as a proving ground for several generations of jazz musicians; Blakey’s groups arematched 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 JazzMessengers, 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 acommercial band. « hide

Similar Bands: Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Jackie McLean, Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk

LPs
Just Coolin
2020

3.8
7 Votes
 Africaine
1981

4
3 Votes
Reflections in Blue
1979

2.5
1 Votes
 Roots & Herbs
1970

3.8
4 Votes
The Witch Doctor
1968

3.8
8 Votes
 Like Someone in Love
1967

3.5
3 Votes
Kyoto
1966

3.3
8 Votes
 Indestructible
1966

3.8
17 Votes
Free For All
1965

4.2
59 Votes
 The Freedom Rider
1964

3.8
12 Votes
Buhaina's Delight
1963

3.9
9 Votes
 The African Beat
1962

2.9
6 Votes
Mosaic
1962

4
37 Votes
 Caravan
1962

4.1
42 Votes
3 Blind Mice
1962

3.4
5 Votes
 Impulse!!!!! Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!
1961

3.8
6 Votes
A Night in Tunisia
1961

4.1
46 Votes
 The Big Beat
1960

4.1
57 Votes
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1960

4
1 Votes
 Moanin'
1959

4.2
273 Votes
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
1958

3.7
16 Votes
 A Night in Tunisia (1958)
1958

3.3
6 Votes
Des Femmes Disparaissent
1958

Cu-Bop
1957

3.7
3 Votes
Orgy in Rhythm, Volume 2
1957

3.5
1 Votes
 Drum Suite
1957

2
1 Votes
Orgy in Rhythm
1957

3.6
14 Votes
 Hard Bop
1957

3.6
10 Votes
The Jazz Messengers
1956

3.9
19 Votes
Live Albums
First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
2021

3.5
1 Votes
 Straight Ahead
1981

3
1 Votes
Buttercorn Lady
1966

4.5
1 Votes
 Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Volume 1
1960

4.3
2 Votes
Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Volume 2
1960

4
2 Votes
 At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol. 2
1959

3.7
3 Votes
At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 1
1959

3.5
2 Votes
 Holiday for Skins, Volume 1
1958

3.8
2 Votes
Holiday for Skins, Volume 2
1958

3.8
2 Votes
 Ritual
1957

3.8
3 Votes
Orgy in Rhythm, Volume 1
1957

3.7
3 Votes
 Orgy in Rhythm, Volume Two
1957

3.5
2 Votes
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1
1956

4.1
4 Votes
 At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2
1955

3.6
4 Votes
A Night At Birdland Vol. 1
1954

4.4
13 Votes
 A Night At Birdland Vol. 2
1954

4.3
6 Votes
A Night at Birdland Vol. 3
1954

4
3 Votes
Compilations
Hard Bop (Expanded Edition)
1957

3
1 Votes

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