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Art Blakey

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Aliases
Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers
Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers Big Band
The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble
Art Blakey Quartet
Art Blakey Quintet
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
Real name
Arthur Blakey
Born
October 11, 1919
Died
October 16, 1990
Country
United States
Comments
One of the innovators of bebop drumming. Blakey was later known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina.
Related
The Jazz Messengers
Sahib Shihab Saxes on early 1950s Blakey releases
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i Africaine Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers February 9, 1981 Unverified
i 1982 Frank Lacy + The Smalls Legacy Band ‎
i 1958 (65 artists)
i January 1959 (12 artists)
i July 1963 (3 artists)
i Blue Lace Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers February 1964 Unverified
i 1954 The Mastersounds
i 1966 (3 artists)
i 1966 (3 artists)
i January 1962 (17 artists)
i July 1963 (2 artists)
i January 1962 (16 artists)
Sampled by US3
i January 1962 (7 artists)
i February 1964 Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band
i December 1957 (14 artists)
i July 1965 (5 artists)
i Goldie Art Blakey Et Les Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey) 1960 Unverified
i 1977 (2 artists)
i July 1965 (6 artists)
i 1959 (4 artists)
i 1973 (5 artists)
i 1981 (3 artists)
i 1979 Alex Graham
i September 1960 (32 artists)
i January 1959 (190 artists)
i Mosaic Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers January 1962 Unverified
i 1966 (3 artists)
i Nellie Blye Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1991 Unverified
i August 1967 Ray Barretto
i 1963 (22 artists)
i July 1973 (2 artists)
i 1963 Luca Mannutza Sound Six
i 1978 Robert Watson
i February 1964 Terell Stafford
i 1963 (5 artists)
i Pisces Art Blakey 1979 Unverified
i September 1960 (3 artists)
i 1958 (3 artists)
i 1986 (11 artists)
i July 1963 Mike LeDonne Sextet
i August 1967 (8 artists)
i September 1966 Poncho Sanchez
i Song For A Lonely Woman Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1972 Unverified
i 1982 (2 artists)
i 1963 (2 artists)
i February 1964 (5 artists)
i September 1960 (4 artists)
i July 1965 (4 artists)
i 1963 (8 artists)
i 1963 (23 artists)
i 1967 David Weiss
i 1963 (4 artists)
i 1978 (2 artists)
i 1982 Johnny O'Neal, Roy Hargrove, Grant Stewart, Ben Rubens, Itay Morchi
i 1963 (22 artists)
i 1979 (28 artists)
i August 1962 (115 artists)
i 1988 (6 artists)
i 1966 (4 artists)
i 1961 (3 artists)

Covers by Art Blakey

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i A Little Busy Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1967 Unverified
i   1957 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
July 1973 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Covered by (2 artists)
i 1997 Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce
i February 1958 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1982 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1960 Dizzy Gillespie
i August 1965 Liza Minnelli
i January 1962 The Curtis Fuller Jazztet with Benny Golson
i 1989 Freddie Hubbard
i 1979 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL, Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i   1989 Charlie Parker [US1] REC, Curtis Counce REL
i September 1975 Freddie Hubbard
i August 1962 Shirley Ross
i 1964 McCoy Tyner Trio
i January 1959 Gigi Gryce
i September 1975 Gigi Gryce
i Body and Soul Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1989 Unverified
i 1960 Sonny Stitt
i 1963 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i   1981 Charlie Parker All Stars REC, Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys REL
i September 1, 1961 Tony Martin with Skip Martin and His Orchestra
i Close Your Eyes Art Blakey Et Les Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey) 1960 Unverified
i   January 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 1954 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i 1957 Ray Bryant Trio
i 1960 Bud Powell's Modernists
i 1978 George Cables
i September 1960 Bobby Timmons
i 1958 John Kirby and His Orchestra
i September 1966 The Lovin' Spoonful
i 1954 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
i   1989 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i Evidence Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey) 1958 Unverified
i 1981 Muriel Angelus
i 1966 Duke Jordan Quintet
i 1988 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i September 1, 1961 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
i 1966 George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF, Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF, Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i July 1973 Clifford Brown and Max Roach
i 1988 Billie Holiday
i   September 1966 Ann Cole with The Suburbans and Orchestra REL, Muddy Waters REC
i October 1959 Randy Weston
i September 1966 Sam & Dave
i   1954 Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD, Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL
i 1982 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i   1954 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1972 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   September 1975 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i September 1966 The Browns featuring Jim Edward Brown
i   1957 Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
i   1963 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i 1954 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i   1988 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
i September 1, 1961 Mary Healy
i   1988 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC
i 1990 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sarah Vaughn
i   1986 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1963 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i   1954 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1957 Tony Bavaar and Olga San Juan
i   September 1975 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i September 1960 Claire Carleton
i 1959 Lee Morgan [US1]
i Just Coolin' Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1959 Unverified
i 1988 Miles Davis
i 1982 Art Farmer & Benny Golson
i   1954 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
i 1967 Lee Morgan [US1]
i   November 1987 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i 1988 Billie Holiday
i   1988 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i September 1966 Charles Braswell and All
i November 1987 Thad Jones - Pepper Adams Quintet
i 1990 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Terry Shand, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 1954 Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet
i 1986 Kenny Dorham
i September 1966 The Mama's and The Papa's
i   July 1963 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i   1982 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1981 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i 1966 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i October 1966 Mary Martin
i 1954 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i   1989 Bud Powell Trio REC, Thelonious Monk REL
i 1986 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i July 1954 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
i   1957 John Michael King REL,PRF
i 1957 Oscar Pettiford His Cello & Quartet
i 1959 Benny Golson Sextet
i July 1965 Bud Shank & Clare Fischer
i August 1962 Freddie Hubbard
i 1986 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i July 1954 The Horace Silver Trio
i 1990 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Ray's Idea Art Blakey Et Les Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey) 1960 Unverified
i June 1959 Roy Haynes, Phineas Newborn, Paul Chambers
i 1978 Walter Davis Trio
i 'Round Midnight Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers July 1961 Unverified
i September 1966 The Challengers [US2]
i   1966 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i September 1966 The Poets [US]
i 1963 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i November 10, 1999 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF, Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
i 1961 Sam Jones
i 1993 Sam Jones
i July 1954 Stan Getz
i 1954 Stan Getz
i 1981 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i   1964 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1964 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
i August 1962 Virginia Verrill
i The Breeze and I Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers July 1961 Unverified
i November 1987 Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston
i   1957 David Brooks PRF, David Brooks with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
i 1964 Tullio Carminati
i 1957 Rufus Smith and Ensemble
i 1993 The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
i 1989 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i September 1966 Norma Tanega
i 1982 The Be Bop Boys
i 1982 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i August 1962 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
i 1981 Wayne Shorter
i 1973 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i 1958 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i   1986 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
i   September 1, 1961 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i   November 1987 Ethel Waters REC,PRF
i 1990 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Jazz Message Art Blakey Quartet 1964 Impulse!
"Album of the Year" Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers 1981 Timeless Records [NL]
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3 Art Blakey Quintet 1954 Blue Note
A Night at Birdland - Volume 1 Art Blakey Quintet July 1954 Blue Note
A Night in Tunisia Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1961 Blue Note
A Night in Tunisia Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers February 1958 Vik
Anthenagin Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1973 Prestige [US]
Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers Big Band Live at Montreux and Northsea Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers Big Band 1981 Timeless Records [NL]
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers January 1959 Blue Note
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Recorded Live at Bubba's Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers 1981 Who's Who in Jazz
Art Blakey in Sweden Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1982 Amigo [SE]
Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers September 1, 1961 Impulse!
At the Jazz Corner of the World Volume 1 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1959 Blue Note
At the Jazz Corner of the World - Volume 2 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers October 1959 Blue Note
Big Band Art Blakey 1958 Bethlehem Records
Blakey Art Blakey 1954 EmArcy
Buhaina Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers July 1973 Prestige [US]
Buhaina's Delight Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers July 1963 Blue Note
Buttercorn Lady Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1966 Limelight
Caravan Art Blakey Jazz Messengers 1963 Riverside [US]
Child's Dance Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1972 Prestige [US]
Chippin' In Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers 1990 Timeless Records [NL]
Cu-Bop Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers with Sabu [1] and a Bongo 1958 Jubilee
Different Drummers Art Blakey & Max Roach November 10, 1999 Jazz Hour
Drum Suite Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1957 Columbia [US]
Feeling Good Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1986 Delos
Feel the Wind Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey 1989 Timeless Records [NL]
Free for All Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers July 1965 Blue Note
Gypsy Folk Tales Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1977 Roulette
Hard Drive Art Blakey Jazz Messengers December 1957 Bethlehem Records
Hold On, I'm Coming Art Blakey September 1966 Limelight
Holiday for Skins Vol. 2 Art Blakey June 1959 Blue Note
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey Volume 2 Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu 1954 Blue Note
I Get a Kick out of Bu Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1988 Soul Note
Indestructible Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1966 Blue Note
In My Prime Vol. 2 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1978 Timeless Records [NL]
In This Korner Art Blakey 1978 Concord Jazz
Introducing Paul Bley Paul Bley with Charlie Mingus, Art Blakey 1954 Debut
In Walked Sonny Sonny Stitt with Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers September 1975 Sonet
Killer Joe George Kawaguchi / Art Blakey 1982 Union Jazz
Kyoto Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers October 1966 Riverside [US]
Like Someone in Love Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers August 1967 Blue Note
Live at Kimball's Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1986 Concord Jazz
Magical Trio 1 James Williams featuring Ray Brown & Art Blakey November 1987 EmArcy
More Birdland Sessions Lee Morgan featured with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1993 Fresh Sound Records
Mosaic Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers January 1962 Blue Note
Not Yet Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1988 Soul Note
Oh-By the Way Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers 1982 Timeless Records [NL]
Olympia Concert Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1959 Fontana
One for All Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1990 A&M Records
Paris Jam Session Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Barney Wilen and The Jazz Messengers 1960 Fontana
Pisces Art Blakey 1979 Blue Note
Reflections in Blue Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers 1979 Timeless Records [NL]
Selections From Lerner and Loewe's . . . My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1957 Vik
Soul Finger Art Blakey August 1965 Limelight
Straight Ahead Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1981 Concord Jazz
The Big Beat Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers September 1960 Blue Note
The Freedom Rider Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers February 1964 Blue Note
The Jazz Messengers Vol 3 Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1959 RCA
Theory of Art Art Blakey 1997 RCA Victor
The Witch Doctor Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers 1967 Blue Note
Three Blind Mice Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers August 1962 United Artists Records
Tough! Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 1966 Cadet
Ugetsu Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers 1963 Riverside [US]

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