Art Blakey
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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 learned the Bible, mastering both at an early age. In the early 1930's, while gigging at the Democratic Club in Pittsburgh, Arts' 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 nightclubs' owner, as Blakey later on often recalled. This served as good fortune and young drummer Blakey came under the tutelage of legendary drummer and bandleader Chick Webb, serving as his 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 one year gigging at Bostons' Tic Toc club. Then as a member of Billy Eckstine's band, he played with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan. When Eckstein 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 with Blakey remaining the leader with changing personnel, playing together with them until his death. From 1947 until 1972 he also recorded regularly with Thelonious Monk. Blakey was a major figure in modern jazz and an important stylist in drums. His contribution to jazz as a discoverer and molder of young talent over three decades cannot be overlooked. Uncle of Dozia Blakey aka DJ Dozia.
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Участие в группах:
- Gil Evans And His Orchestra
- The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble
- The Miles Davis Sextet
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Thelonious Monk Septet
- Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble
- Fats Navarro Quintet
- The Thelonious Monk Quintet
- Kenny Dorham Octet
- Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra
- Quincy Jones' All Star Big Band
- Sonny Stitt Quartet
- Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
- Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra
- Coleman Hawkins Quintet
- Paul Bley Trio
- Dexter Gordon Quintet
- Thelonious Monk Sextet
- Sonny Stitt Band
- Zoot Sims Quartet
- Clifford Brown Sextet
- Thelonious Monk Trio
- Art Blakey Quintet
- Art Blakey's Big Band
- Sonny Rollins Quartet
- The Horace Silver Trio
- Art Blakey Quartet
- The Miles Davis Quartet
- The Hank Mobley Quintet
- The Kenny Drew Trio
- Miles Davis And His Band
- East Coast All-Stars
- Sonny Rollins Quintet
- James Moody And His Modernists
- Walter Gil Fuller And His Orchestra
- Lee Morgan Quintet
- Buddy DeFranco Quartet
- Lou Donaldson Quintet
- Art Blakey And His Afro Cuban Boys
- The Gigi Gryce Quartet
- Randy Weston Trio
- The Quincy Jones Big Band
- Elmo Hope Quintet
- Julius Watkins Sextet
- The Giants Of Jazz (2)
- Hank Mobley Quartet
- Bennie Green Septet
- Woody Shaw Quintet
- Lou Donaldson Sextet
- Fats Navarro And His Band
- Hank Mobley And His All Stars
- Milton Jackson And His New Group
- Clark Terry And His Orchestra
- Gil Fuller Orchestra
- Kenny Burrell Septet
- Buddy DeFranco And His Trio
- Tina Brooks Quintet
- Art Blakey's Band
- Miles Davis And His Cool Wailers
- Johnny Griffin Septet
- Kenny Dorham Nonet
- Fats Navarro Quartet
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Abdullah Buhaina
Art Blakey
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