How many Art Blakey releases are on Riffiter?

72 releases are catalogued, spanning 1952 to 2023.

What genre is Art Blakey?

Art Blakey is catalogued under Jazz.

Artist

Art Blakey

Art Blakey is a jazz artist from Pittsburgh, USA. 72 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Jazz · Pittsburgh, USA · Best jazz albums

72
Releases: 1952–2023
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About

Arthur "Art" Blakey (also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina; October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. He 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 that the drummer was associated with for the next 35 years. The Messengers were 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 and Wynton Marsalis. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz calls the Jazz Messengers "the archetypal hard-bop group of the late '50s". A relentless performer, Blakey continued to record as a sideman throughout his career--frequently for Messengers alumni. He also led several percussion-centric albums with many of his peers. Blakey was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame (in 1981), the Grammy Hall of Fame (in 1998 and 2001), and was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Childhood and early career: Blakey was born on Octob…

Art Blakey in brief

How many Art Blakey releases are on Riffiter?: 72 releases are catalogued, spanning 1952 to 2023.
What genre is Art Blakey?: Art Blakey is catalogued under Jazz.
What is the most recent Art Blakey release on Riffiter?: One For All, released in 2023.