Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
One of the most important drummers in the history of jazz (not just for his influential, hard-driving drumming, but also for his discovery and cultivation of prodigious new jazz talent throughout his remarkable career), the late Art Blakey is truly deserving of the status of “Jazz Legend.” Propelled by Blakey’s incessantly grooving, deep, wide beat, you could also always count on any of his Jazz Messengers units to swing hard. The two Jazz Messengers ensembles featured in… MORE
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Two timeless, live ART BLAKEY and the Jazz Messengers recordings-Live At Kimball's (recorded live in San Francisco) and New York… More
Drummer extraordinaire Art Blakey (1919-1990) was justifiably known for leading a succession of blazing small bands that spotlighted what would… More
For Art Blakey (1919-1990)--groundswelling drummer and Dean of Hard Bop--most of the seven performances here were departures from the aggressive… More
This hard-hitting, mightily swinging Jazz Messengers unit may well have been one of Art Blakey’s best. Propelled by the omnipresent swing… More
This was the last of three examples of the work of one of the best early editions of the Jazz Messengers that were recorded for Riverside between… More
ABOUT ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
One of the most important drummers in the history of jazz (not just for his influential, hard-driving drumming, but also for his discovery and cultivation of prodigious new jazz talent throughout his remarkable career), the late Art Blakey is truly deserving of the status of “Jazz Legend.” Propelled by Blakey’s incessantly grooving, deep, wide beat, you could also always count on any of his Jazz Messengers units to swing hard.
Art Blakey, drums; with collective personnel: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Valery Ponomarev, trumpet; Bobby Watson, alto saxophone; Bill Pierce, tenor saxophone; David Schnitter, tenor saxophone; James Williams, piano; Charles Fambrough, bass; Dennis Irwin, bass.