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Oct 11, 2023 · Art Blakey: How The Jazz Messenger Shaped The Future Of Jazz. Leading many musicians through his ‘Hard Bop Academy,’ Art Blakey was one of the most important jazz drummers in history.
Apr 25, 2024 · Art Blakey (born October 11, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 16, 1990, New York, New York) was an American drummer and bandleader noted for his extraordinary drum solos, which helped define the offshoot of bebop known as “ hard bop ” and gave the drums a significant solo status.
Oct 11, 2019 · Jazz drummer, bandleader and mentor Art Blakey was born 100 years ago. The Jazz Messengers came to be called Blakey's University and graduated stars Donald Byrd, Wayne Shorter and Wynton...
Oct 13, 2009 · Ninety years ago, one of the greatest bandleaders and drummers in jazz was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. That man was Art Blakey. For more than 30 years, he led The Jazz Messengers, a band which ...
Art Blakey’s claim to fame with his Jazz Messengers throughout the group’s 30+ year history lay in finding the most creative young players and tunesmiths to inspire him and rev up the bandstand. The drummer plucked out of the ranks the most imaginative young players for his Jazz Messengers groups, mentored them in the college of hard bop ...
Oct 16, 1990 · Bio. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers not only supplied consistently exciting and innovative music for nearly 40 years, but also provided the experience and mentoring for young musicians to learn their trade. Though self-taught, Blakey was already leading his own dance band by age 14.
Profile: Art Blakey (born October 11, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - died October 16, 1990, New York City, New York, USA) was an American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, best remembered as founder and 35 year leader of The Jazz Messengers . Blakey was the foster son in a Seventh Day Adventist Family, learning the piano as he ...
