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Art Blakey
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The drummer Art Blakey, from Pittsburgh, played in the 1940s in Billy Eckstine's big band, where Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie also played. In 1954 he recorded A Night at Birdland with the pianist Horace Silver and the trumpeter Clifford Brown. From that collaboration grew the Jazz Messengers, whom Blakey led until his death in 1990. His playing was powerful, with a driving roll on the snare drum and a hi-hat that snaps shut on two and four. The Jazz Messengers was a school for young talent: Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton and Branford Marsalis and many others began there. Moanin' (1958), with the pianist Bobby Timmons, became the band's best-known record.
Listening
Blues March · Art Blakey, 1958
A Night in Tunisia · Art Blakey, 1960
Free for All · Art Blakey, 1964
Moanin' · Art Blakey, 1958
Discography
Studio albums
- 1952New Sounds
- 1954Introducing Paul Bley
- 1954Vol. 2
- 1954A Night at Birdland
- 1956Sonny Rollins With the Modern Jazz Quartet
- 1957Orgy in Rhythm, Volume One
- 1957Orgy in Rhythm, Volume Two
- 1957Trio and Solo
- 1958Holiday for Skins, Volume 1
- 1958Holiday for Skins, Volume 2
- 1963Golden Boy
- 1966Hold On, I’m Coming
- 1972Art Blakey & His Jazz Messengers
- 1972Child's Dance
- 1976Percussion Discussion
- 1986Drum Night At Birdland
- 1987Theory of Art
- 1988Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers
- 1989Feel the Wind
- 1991Copenhagen (soundtrack)
- 1991Killer Joe
- 1992Art Blakey & Friends: Wynton Marsalis
- 19951957 Second Edition
- 1995Art Blakey & His Jazz Messangers
- 1997Orgy In Rhythm
- 1997Orgy in Rhythm, Volumes One & Two
- 1999Drums Around the Corner
- 1999Jody
- 2000Solo, Duo & Trio
- 2006Holiday for Skins
- ?Art Blakey & Clifford Brown
- ?Ascenseur pour l'échafaud / Des femmes disparaissent (soundtrack)
- ?Blues March
- ?Drum king
Other work
- 1958Moanin'
- 1960A Night in Tunisia
- 1964Free for All
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 2NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Neotraditional jazz (Young Lions) Genre
The trumpeter Wynton Marsalis of New Orleans played with Art Blakey in 1980 and then signed with Columbia.