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Art Blakey | The Estate of Art Blakey The official Art Blakey website is owned and operated by the Estate of Art Blakey This site provides accurate biographical information on Art Blakey’s background, his accomplishments and contributions to jazz music
Art Blakey Biography - family, childhood, children, name . . . Blakey's first break came in 1942, when the always experiment-minded jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, during a stretch of time she spent in Pittsburgh, asked him to join her band Blakey moved to New York and used that experience as his calling card to gain percussion jobs with a series of big bands, including those of Fletcher Henderson, Lucky Millinder, and Earl "Fatha" Hines Tours of the
Art Blakey Chronology (and the Jazz Messengers) Pittsburgh Art Blakey was born in Pittsburgh, PA on October 11, 1919 “I’ve had bands since I was 15 years old I was playing piano with the best band in Pittsburgh – 18 pieces – and the best gig, too We sounded like Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, we played Benny Goodman and Benny Carter things ” – Art Blakey, quoted by John Litweiler in Down Beat, March 25, 1976, p 16 1939
Art Blakey - Percussive Arts Society Art Blakey’s stated goal was to be a great drummer “But,” he told writer Chip Stern in a 1984 Modern Drummer cover story, “just in the sense of having musicians want to play with me—not to be better than Buddy Rich or to compete with someone I will not compete that way; I’ll compete through my band If musicians have a preference and they say ‘I want to play with Bu,’ that
Art Blakey | Jazz drummer, Jazz Messengers | Britannica Art Blakey 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 as