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But few lineups could compete with the 1960 edition of the Jazz Messengers featured on The Big Beat. Blakey, the old man of the band at 30, is joined by bassist Jymie Merritt and three brilliant stylists who were not only exciting soloists but very skilled songwriters: trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Bobby Timmons.
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.
Listen to The Big Beat (Remastered) by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on Apple Music. 1960. 7 Songs. Duration: 49 minutes.
The timeless 1960 hard bop classic The Big Beat was the album that first introduced one of the greatest line-ups of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers to the jazz public with the legendary drummer and bandleader joined by trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. Shorter was the band’s newest member, and it was immediately ...
The Big Beat [Milestone] by Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach released in 1973. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards...
