Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey was honored with a historical marker placed at his boyhood home in the Hill District, reports Yahoo.comMusicians followed Sunday's unveiling ceremony with nearly two hours of music, including some of the jazz drummer's work.Blakey, a one-man "musical university" who nurtured stars such as Wynton Marsalis and Chuck Mangione, died ...
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Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers are very under-represented on MOG, so here, released in October 1958, and produced by Rudy van Gelder, is one of their greatest tunes. Written by pianist Bobby Timmons, the others on this session, apart of course from Art B himself on drums are Jymie Merritt on bass, Benny Golson on tenor, and (playing at his absolute peak) the great Lee Morgan on trumpet
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey was honored with a historical marker placed at his boyhood home in the Hill District, reports Yahoo.comMusicians followed Sunday's unveiling ceremony with nearly two hours of music, including some of the jazz drummer's work.Blakey, a one-man "musical university" who nurtured stars such as Wynton Marsalis and Chuck Mangione, died ...
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Arthur (Art) Blakey (October 11, 1919-October 16, 1990), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, he 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 remains) prof...
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--- - |- Here's a show no less jazzy than my others. Essentials like Art Blakey, funky 70s, a pinch of jazzy hiphop and even some jazz for secret agents by Ingfried Hoffmann, one of my recent found gems. I'm in your radio, tapping your jazzy listening pleasures on a bi-weekly basis:) Stream from Archive.org Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu Ju-Par [...] ~~- Art Blakey
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Bill Hardman (tp), Julian Priester (tb), Billy Harper (ts), Ronnie Mathews (p), Lawrence Evans (b), Art Blakey (dr)."Konzerthaus", Vienna/Austria, November 3, 1968. [FM>reel-to-reel tape>CD-R]1 Moment's Notice2 You Don't Know What Love Is3 Moanin'4 A New World
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| 1 Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette |
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| 4 Once in a While |
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| 5 A Night in Tunesia |
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