Art Blakey

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American jazz drummer bandleader drummer human jazz musician

Art Blakey was an influential American jazz drummer and bandleader, best known for leading the Jazz Messengers and helping to shape the hard bop style while mentoring many future jazz greats.

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Art Blakey canonical 51
Arthur Blakey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz drummer ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abdullah Ibn Buhaina ⓘ
associatedAct Benny Golson ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Freddie Hubbard ⓘ
Horace Silver ⓘ
Lee Morgan ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: The Jazz Messengers

Thelonious Monk ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
birthName Art Blakey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arthur Blakey
convertedTo Islam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-10-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-10-16 ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
Modern Drummer Hall of Fame ⓘ
influencedGenre hard bop ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
knownFor mentoring young jazz musicians ⓘ
powerful drumming style ⓘ
leaderOf Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
movement hard bop ⓘ
name Art Blakey self-link ⓘ
notableAlbum A Night in Tunisia ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: Art Blakey!!! Jazz Messengers!!!

Free for All ⓘ
Moanin' ⓘ
The Big Beat ⓘ
notableWork Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: Jazz Messengers
occupation bandleader ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Impulse! Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
Riverside Records ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ

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Horace Silver → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
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DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Art Blakey ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Art Blakey ⓘ
Satin Doll → hasNotableRecording → Art Blakey ⓘ
Thelonious Monk → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
Impulse! Records → notableArtist → Art Blakey ⓘ
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Monterey Jazz Festival → hasNotablePerformer → Art Blakey ⓘ
Clifford Brown → collaboratedWith → Art Blakey ⓘ
EmArcy Records → notableArtist → Art Blakey ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Art Blakey ⓘ
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Hank Mobley → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
Donald Byrd → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
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I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Art Blakey ⓘ
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Louis Hayes → influencedBy → Art Blakey ⓘ
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It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Art Blakey ⓘ
Like Someone in Love → hasNotableRecordingBy → Art Blakey ⓘ
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I Thought About You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Art Blakey ⓘ
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Tony Allen → influencedBy → Art Blakey ⓘ
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Chuck Mangione → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
Bobby Watson → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
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Billy Eckstine → employedMusician → Art Blakey ⓘ
Olu Dara → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
Curtis Fuller → associatedAct → Art Blakey ⓘ
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