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The Jazz Messengers
This week In Jazz Legends 12/52
Antonio Sanchez, Chick Corea, Jack De Johnette, Herbie Hancock , Eliane Elias, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Gil Evans, Dave Holland, Irakere
This week In Jazz Legends 10/52
Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Billy Cobham, Sonny Rollins, Ernestine Anderson, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Buddy Rich & His Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard, Les Mccann & Eddie Harris, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Stan…
Art Blakey records ‘The Big Beat’ with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter et al (1960)
Art Blakey's 'The Big Beat' is an album recorded on March 6, 1960, with the Jazz Messengers featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt and released the same year by Blue Note.
We remember Lee Morgan
This day (February 19, 1972), in New York, died Edward Lee Morgan, an American hard bop trumpeter.
Happy Birthday Benny Golson. ‘Along Came Benny’
This day (January 25, 1929), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Benny Golson,an American bebop & hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist.
Art Blakey records ‘Keystone 3’ with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and…
Art Blakey's 'Keystone 3' is a live album recorded in January, 1982 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis and released in 1982 by Concord Jazz.
This week In Jazz Legends 46/52
Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Paquito D'Rivera, Tete Montoliu, Sonny Rollins, United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Phil Woods, Sheila Jordan, Benny Carter All Stars, Freddie Hubbard,…
This week In Jazz Legends 42/52
Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Ray Brown, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Dave…
We remember Art Blakey. ‘Art Bop’
This day (October 16, 1990), in New York City, New York, died Art Blakey, was an American jazz drummer.
We remember Cedar Walton. ‘Maestro!’
This day (August 19, 2013) in Brooklyn, N.Y, died Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior a.k.a. , Cedar Walton, an American hard bop jazz pianist.