Art Blakey

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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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Riverside Records recordedArtist Art Blakey
Grant Green associatedAct Art Blakey