Art Blakey

Arthur Blakey (Abdullah Ibn Buhaina)·Estados UnidosEstados Unidos· Pittsburgh

American jazz drummer, composer and leader Born October 11, 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died October 16, 1990 in New York City, New York, USA He was best known as leader of The Jazz Messengers. Blakey was the foster son in a Seventh Day Adventist Family, learning the piano as he learned the Bible, mastering both at an early age. In the early 1930's, while gigging at the Democratic Club in Pittsburgh, his piano career came to an abrupt end when he was ordered onto the drums to make way for pianist Erroll Garner. This incident was apparently at the gunpoint of the nightclub's owner, as Blakey often recalled. This had the side effect of Blakey coming under the tutelage of drummer and bandleader Chick Webb, serving as Webb's valet. Returning to Pittsburgh in 1937, he formed his own band, backing pianist Mary Lou Williams. In 1939, he joined and toured with Fletcher Henderson for 3 years, followed by a year gigging at Boston's Tic Toc club. Then, working for Billy Eckstine, he played with the performed with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan. When Eckstine disbanded his group in 1947, Blakey organized the Seventeen Messengers, a rehearsal band, and recorded with an octet called the Jazz Messengers, the first of his many groups bearing this name. In 1948, he visited Africa where he learned polyrhythmic drumming and was introduced to Islam, taking the name Abdullah Ibn Buhaina. The early 1950's, saw him performing and broadcasting with such musicians as Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, and Horace Silver. Blakey and Silver connected and formed the Jazz Messengers. This band soon evolved into Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, in which Blakey was the sole leader with varying personnel, remaining his principal group until his death. From 1947 to 1972, he recorded intermittently with Thelonious Monk. Blakey was a major figure in modern jazz and a significant stylist on drums, as well as a discoverer of musicians for over more than three decades. Uncle of Dozia Blakey aka DJ Dozia.

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Introducing Paul Bley

1954

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Elmo Hope Quintet

1954

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Thelonious Monk Quintet

1954

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Vol. 2

1954

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Flight To Jordan

1955

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Blakey

1955

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Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet

1956

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The Jazz Messengers

1956

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Nica's Tempo

1956

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Monk's Music

1957

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The Jazz Messengers

1957

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Drum Suite = ドラム組曲

1957

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Orgy In Rhythm (Volume One)

1957

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Hank Mobley Quintet Plus 2

1957

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Art Blakey

1957

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Trio And Solo

1957

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Somethin' Else

1958

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In Walked Bud

1958

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Big Band

1958

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Art Blakey's Jazz Giants

1958

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Dexter Rides Again

1958

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Holiday For Skins Volume 1

1958

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Holiday For Skins Vol. 2

1958

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Orgy In Rhythm - Volume Two

1959

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Gigi Gryce

1959

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Soul Station

1960

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Soul Time

1960

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Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland

1960

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Theory Of Art

1961

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!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!

1961

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Gretsch Drum Night At Birdland Vol. 2

1961

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Theme From Golden Boy

1963

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Blues Bag

1965

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Soul Finger

1965

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'S Make It

1965

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Hold On, I'm Coming

1966

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夢の競演

1971

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The Giants Of Jazz

1972

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Art Blakey

1976

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Live At The Renaissance Club

1978

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Pisces

1979

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Giants Of Jazz

1980

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Killer Joe

1982

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Jodi

1983

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The Breeze And I

1984

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A Night At Birdland With The Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 3

1984

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Live at BIRDLAND "The Jazz Corner of the World"

1984

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Giants Of Jazz In Berlin '71

1988

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