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    American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)
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    Arthur Blakey 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. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. In the mid-1950s, Horace Silver and Blakey formed the Jazz Messengers, a group which he led for the next 35 years. The group was formed as a collective of contemporaries, but over the years the band became known as an incubator for young talent, including Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller, Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Cedar Walton, Woody Shaw, Terence Blanchard, and Wynton Marsalis. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz calls the Jazz Messengers "the archetypal hard bop group of the late 50s." Wikipedia

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    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.He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie.
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    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. His style was characterized by thunderous press rolls, cross beats, and drum rolls that began ...
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    Oct 11, 2024Learn about the life and legacy of Art Blakey, one of the most influential jazz drummers and bandleaders in history. Discover how he co-founded The Jazz Messengers, a hard bop academy that launched the careers of many jazz stars.
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    The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, [1] [2] [3] and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. [4] Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset. [2] " Art Blakey" and "Jazz Messengers" became synonymous over the years, though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions ...

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