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Art Blakey
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American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)
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Art Blakey was an American jazz musician, bandleader, composer, and actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1919, he began his work period in 1942 and continued until 1990. He was a member of the group The Jazz Messengers and played the drum kit. His musical style encompassed jazz, bebop, and hard bop.
Blakey recorded for Blue Note, ABC Records, and Columbia Records. He was a recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the NEA Jazz Masters award. A Catholic of African American ethnicity, he spoke English. He died of lung cancer in New York City in 1990 due to natural causes.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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. 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…
Known for
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell — Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)2021
- Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes — Self (archive footage)2019
- Jazz Icons: Art Blakey Live in '65 — Self - drums2009
- Jazz Icons: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Live In '58 — Self2006
- One Night with Blue Note — Self2004
- Jazz — Self (archive footage)2001
- Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger — Self1988
- The Cosby Show — Drummer1984
- Jazz Is Our Religion1972
- Discorama — Self1959
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1919
- Active to
- 1990
Discography
Member of
- Art Blakey Big Band1957–1957
- Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble
- Miles Davis Quartet
- Thelonious Monk Septet
- Buddy DeFranco Quartet
- Hank Mobley Quartet
- Fats Navarro Quintet
- The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble
- The Art Blakey Quintet
- Art Blakey Quartet
- The Giants of Jazz
- Miles Davis and His Band
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Gigi Gryce Quartet
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 392,757
- Total plays
- 3,391,295
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Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band Art Blakey <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Art+Blakey">Re
Key facts
- Also known as
- Abdullah Ibn Buhaina
- Born
- Arthur Blakey , ( 1919-10-11 ) October 11, 1919, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- October 16, 1990 (1990-10-16) (aged 71), Manhattan , New York City , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz hard bop bebop straight-ahead jazz
- Occupations
- Musician bandleader
- Instruments
- Drums percussion
- Works
- Solo Jazz Messengers
- Years active
- 1942–1990
- Label
- Blue Note
- Formerly of
- Jazz Messengers
- Website
- artblakey .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Art
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- bebop
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.artblakey.com
- Image
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in the Kurzaal Concert Hall in Den Haag, 30.03.1963 - 10.jpg
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- Commons category
- Art Blakey
- date of birth
- 1919-10-11
- date of death
- 1990-10-16
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- social media followers
- 29700
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Art Blakey, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
The Freedom Rider / Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Best of blakey 60 / The Jazz Messengers
Live in Holland 1958 / Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Avis tres-importants pour les peres et meres qui ont des enfans à soigner. Par M. Blakey, du College royal de Chirurgie, à Paris. Sixieme édition.
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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."
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