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October 16, 1990 (71 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey is an American jazz drummer and band. He is briefly known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after briefly converting to Islam in the late 1940s. Blakey made his name in the 1940s in the Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine big band . Subsequently, he worked with professional musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. In the mid-1950s, Horace Silver and Blakey founded the Jazz Messengers, a group that drummers had been with for 35 years. The group was formed as a collective of contemporaries, but over the years the group has been known as an incubator for young talent, including Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd , Jackie McLean, Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller, Chuck Mangione, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Cedar Walton, Woody Shaw, Terence Blanchard and Wynton Marsalis.
Birth nameArthur Blakey
Also known asAbdullah Ibn Buhaina
BornOctober 11, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 16, 1990, New York City, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz, hard bop, bebop
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader
InstrumentsDrums, percussion
Years active1942–1990
LabelsBlue Note
Associated actsHorace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Donald Byrd

About Art Blakey

Drummer Art Blakey was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on October 11, 1919. He dies at the age of 71, on October 16, 1990.

Hard bop drummer who played with the Jazz Messengers and won a Grammy Award. In 2005, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Art Blakey before becoming famous

Art Blakey was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1919 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

After learning to play the piano, he taught himself how to play the drums.

Achievement of Art Blakey

He was a Muslim who belonged to the Ahmadiyya community.

Art Blakey's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was raised by pious Seventh-Day Adventist foster parents.

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Both Pianist Dave Brubeck and Blakey were accomplished jazz performers.

Dave Brubeck (1920 - 2012) (Pianist)
Dave Brubeck (1920 - 2012)

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Art Blakey Income & Net worth

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