Art Blakey
USA
Born: 11 October 1919
Died: 16 October 1990
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
Genres: Jazz
In the '60s, when John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman were defining the concept of a jazz avant-garde, few knowledgeable observers would have guessed that in another 30 years the music's mainstream would virtually bypass their innovations, in favor of the hard bop style that free jazz had apparently supplanted. As it turned out, many listeners who had come to love jazz as a sophisticated manifestation of popular music were unable to accept the extreme esotericism of the avant-garde; their tastes were rooted in the core elements of "swing" and "bl...
See also
- Freddie Hubbard (41)
- Wayne Shorter (24)
- Lee Morgan (19)
- Woody Shaw (17)
- Curtis Fuller (11)
- Horace Silver (11)
- Gary Bartz (5)
- Javon Jackson (3)
- Bobby Timmons (1)
- Olu Dara (1)
- Walter Davis, Jr. (0)
Similar artists
- Benny Golson (27)
- Hank Mobley (26)
- Sonny Stitt (24)
- Chuck Mangione (21)
- Donald Byrd (18)
- Kenny Dorham (15)
- Cedar Walton (12)
- Barney wilen (10)
- Elvin Jones (9)
- John Hicks (5)
- Bobby Watson (4)
- Johnny Griffin (4)
- Joanne Brackeen (2)
- Billy Eckstine (2)
- the Brian Lynch (0)
Influenced by
- Duke Ellington (169)
- Max Roach (11)
- Gene Krupa (3)
- Fletcher Henderson (3)
- Billy Eckstine (2)
- Chick Webb (1)
- Cozy Cole (0)
Followers
- Miles Davis (283)
- Sonny Rollins (51)
- Bill Bruford (20)
- Billy Hart (14)
- Elvin Jones (9)
- Tony Oxley (8)
- Norman Connors (6)
- Bobby Watson (4)
- Louis Hayes (1)
- Jon Hendricks (1)
- Chuck Flores (1)
Performed Songs By
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Charlie Parker (59)
- Bud Powell (13)
- George Gershwin (4)
- J.J. Johnson (3)
- Mulgrew Miller (3)
- Johnny Mercer (2)
- Leo Parker (1)
- Paul Francis Webster (0)
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