(Arthur
Blakey)
Baterista
Naixement: 11 d'octubre de 1919,
Pittsburgh, Pennsilvània, Estats Units
Mort: 16 d'octubre de 1990, Saint
Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, Nova York, Estats Units
Va
ser conegut breument com Abdullah Ibn Buhaina després de convertir-se a l'Islam
per un curt temps a la fi de la dècada dels 40.
Al
1954, al costat de Horace Silver va formar els Jazz Messenger , un grup amb el
qual va estar associat durant els següents 35 anys.
Al
llarg dels anys la banda es va fer coneguda com una incubadora de joves
talents, inclosos 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 i Wynton Marsalis.
Enregistraments
1954 - Blakey
1957 - Orgy in
Rhythm, Vol. 1 and 2
1958 - Art
Blakey Big Band
1959 - Holiday
for Skins, Vol. 1 and 2
1962 - The
African Beat
1964 - A Jazz
Message
1966 - Hold On,
I'm Coming
1982 - Killer
Joe (amb: George Kawaguchi)
1989 - Feel the
Wind (amb: Freddie Hubbard)
1990 -
Bluesiana Triangle
Enregistraments
en viu
1954 - A Night
at Birdland Vol. 1
1954 - A Night
at Birdland Vol. 2
1954 - A Night
at Birdland Vol. 3
Enregistraments
amb Jazz Messenguer
1956 - The Jazz
Messengers (amb: Donald Byrd (trompeta), Hank Mobley (saxo tenor), Horace
Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (contrabaix)
1957 - Hard Bop
(amb: Bill Hardman (trompeta), Jackie McLean (saxo alt), Sam Dockery (piano),
Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest (contrabaix)
1957 – Ritual
(amb: Bill Hardman (Trompeta), Jackie McLean (saxo alt), Sam Dockery (piano),
Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix)
1957 - Tough!
(amb: Bill Hardman (Trompeta), Jackie McLean (saxo alt), Sam Dockery (piano),
Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix)
1957 -
Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (amb: Bill Hardman (Trompeta), Johnny
Griffin (saxo tenor), Sam Dockery (piano), Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix)
1957 - A Night
in Tunisia (amb: Bill Hardman (Trompeta), Jackie McLean (saxo alt), Johnny
Griffin (saxo tenor), Sam Dockery (piano), Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix)
1957 - Cu-Bop
(amb: amb Bill Hardman (Trompeta), Johnny Griffin (saxo tenor), Sam Dockery
(piano), Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix), Louis "Sabu" Martinez
(convidat)
1958 - Art
Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (amb: Bill Hardman (Trompeta),
Johnny Griffin (saxo tenor), Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix), Thelonious Monk
(piano)
1958 - Hard
Drive (amb: Bill Hardman (Trompeta), Johnny Griffin (saxo tenor), Sam Dockery
(piano), Spanky DeBrest (contrabaix), Junior Mance (piano)
1959 - Moanin'
(amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Benny Golson (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons (piano),
Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1959 - Just
Coolin' (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Hank Mobley (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons
(piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1960 - The Big
Beat (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons
(piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1960 - Like Someone
in Love (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons
(piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1960 - A Night
in Tunisia (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby
Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1962 - The
Freedom Rider (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby
Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1961 - Roots
& Herbs (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby
Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt
(contrabaix), Walter Davis, Jr. (piano)
1961 - The
Witch Doctor (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby
Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt
(contrabaix)
1961 -
Impulse!!!!! Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby
Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt
(contrabaix), Curtis Fuller (trombó)
1961 – Mosaic
(amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter (saxo
tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix),
1961 - Buhaina's
Delight (amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter
(saxo tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix),
1962 – Caravan
(amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter (saxo
tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (contrabaix)
1963 - Golden
Boy (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller
(trombó), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman
(contrabaix)
Convidats:
Julius Watkins (trompa francesa) , Bill Barber (tuba), James Spaulding (saxo
alt), Charles Davis (saxo baríton)
1964 - Free for
All (amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter
(saxo tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (contrabaix)
1964 – Kyoto
(amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter (saxo
tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (contrabaix)
Convidat:
Wellington Blakey (vocals)
1964 -
Indestructible (amb: Lee Morgan
(trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Cedar Walton
(piano), Reggie Workman (contrabaix)
1965 - 'S Make
It (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), John Gilmore (saxo
tenor), John Hicks (piano), Victor Sproles (contrabaix)
1965 - Soul Finger
(amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Gary Bartz (saxo alt),
John Hicks (piano), Victor Sproles (contrabaix)
Convidat:
Lucky Thompson (saxo soprano)
1972 - Child's
Dance (amb: Ramon Morris (flsuta), Buddy Terry (saxo soprano), John Hicks
(piano elèctric), Mickey Bass (contrabaix), Emanuel Rahim (conga), Nataniel
Bettis (percussió), Richie "Pablo" Landrum (percussió), Sonny Morgan
( percussió), Woody Shaw (trompeta), Manny Boyd (flauta), Ramon Morris (saxo
tenor), George Cables (piano, piano elèctric) , Stanley Clarke (baix elèctrc),
Ray Mantilla (conga)
1973 – Buhaina
(amb: Carter Jefferson (saxo tenor i soprano), Cedar Walton (piano, piano
elèctric), Mickey Bass (contrabaix), Tony Waters (conga)
Convidats:
Jon Hendricks (vocals), Michael Howell (guitarra)
1973 –
Anthenagin (amb: Woody Shaw (trompeta), Carter Jefferson (saxo tenor i
soprano), Cedar Walton (piano, piano elèctric), Mickey Bass (contrabaix), Tony
Waters (conga)
Convidats:
Michael Howell (guitarra), Steve Turre (trombó)
1975 - In
Walked Sonny (amb: Bill Hardman (trompeta), David Schnitter (saxo tenor),
Walter Davis, Jr. (piano), "Chin" Suzuki (contrabaix)
Convidat:
Sonny Stitt – saxo tenor i alt)
1976 –
Backgammon (amb: Bill Hardman (trompeta),
David Schnitter (saxo tenor), Al Dailey (piano). "Chin" Suzuki
(contrabaix)
Convidat:
Ladji Camara (flauta, vocals)
1977 - Gypsy
Folk Tales (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), David Schnitter (saxo tenor),
Bobby Watson (saxo alt), Walter Davis, Jr. (piano), Dennis Irwin (contrabaix)
1978 - In My
Prime Vol. 1 (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Bobby
Watson (saxo alt), David Schnitter (saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Dennis
Irwin (contrabaix), Ray Mantilla (percussió)
1978 - In My
Prime Vol. 2 (amb: (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó),
Bobby Watson (saxo alt), David Schnitter (saxo tenor), James Williams (piano),
Dennis Irwin (contrabaix), Ray Mantilla (percussió)
1979 -
Reflections in Blue (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Bobby Watson (saxo alt),
David Schnitter (saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Dennis Irwin (contrabaix)
1979 - Night in
Tunisia: Digital Recording (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Bobby Watson
(saxo alt), David Schnitter (saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Dennis Irwin
(contrabaix)
1981 - Album of
the Year (amb: Wynton Marsalis (trompeta), Bobby Watson (saxo alt), Bill Pierce
(saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Charles Fambrough (contrabaix)
1982 - Oh-By
the Way (amb: Terence Blanchard (trompeta), Donald Harrison (saxo alt), Bill
Pierce (saxo tenor), Johnny O'Neal (piano), Charles Fambrough (contrabaix)
1984 - New York
Scene (amb: Terence Blanchard (trompeta), Donald Harrison (saxo alt), Jean
Toussaint (saxo tenor), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (contrabaix)
1985 - Blue
Night (amb: Terence Blanchard (trompeta), Donald Harrison (saxo alt), Jean
Toussaint (saxo tenor), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (contrabaix)
1986 - Feeling
Good (amb: Wallace Roney (trompeta), Tim Williams (trombó), Kenny Garrett (saxo
alt), Jean Toussaint (saxo tenor), Donald Brown (piano), Peter Washington
(contrabaix)
1988 - Not Yet
(amb: Philip Harper (trompeta), Robin Eubanks (trombó), Javon Jackson (saxo
tenor), Benny Green (piano), Peter Washington (contrabaix)
1988 - I Get a
Kick Out of Bu (amb: Philip Harper (trompeta), Robin Eubanks (trombó), Javon
Jackson (saxo tenor), Benny Green (piano), Leon Lee Dorsey (contrabaix)
1990 - Chippin'
In (amb: Bryan Lynch (trompeta), Steve Davis (trombó), Frank Lacy (trombó),
Dale Barlow (saxo tenor), Javon Jackson (saxo tenor), Geoff Keezer (piano),
Essiet Okon Essiet (contrabaix)
1990 - One for
All (amb: Bryan Lynch (trompeta), Steve Davis (trombó), Dale Barlow (saxo
tenor), Javon Jackson (saxo tenor), Geoff Keezer (piano), Essiet Okon Essiet
(contrabaix)
Enregistraments
en viu amb Jazz Messenguer
1955 - At the
Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (amb: Kenny Dorham (trompeta), Hank Mobley (saxo tenor),
Horace Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (contrabaix)
1955 - At the Cafe
Bohemia, Vol. 2 (amb: Kenny Dorham (trompeta), Hank Mobley (saxo tenor), Horace
Silver (piano), Doug Watkins (contrabaix)
1957 - A
Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (amb: Bill Hardman (trompeta), Jackie
McLean (saxo alt), Sam Dockery (piano), Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest
(contrabaix)
1958 - Paris
Olympia (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Benny Golson (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons
(piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1959 - Art
Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers au club St. Germain (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta),
Benny Golson (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1959 - At the
Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Hank
Mobley (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1960 - Art
Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (amb: Lee Morgan
(trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Walter Davis, Jr. (piano), Jymie
Merritt (contrabaix)
1960 - Paris
Jam Session (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta), Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Walter
Davis, Jr. (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
Convidats:
Barney Wilen (saxo tenor), Bud Powell (piano)
1960 - Meet You
at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (amb: Lee Morgan (trompeta),
Wayne Shorter (saxo tenor), Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1962 - Three
Blind Mice (amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne
Shorter (saxo tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Jymie Merritt (contrabaix)
1963 – Ugetsu
(amb: Freddie Hubbard (trompeta), Curtis Fuller (trombó), Wayne Shorter (saxo
tenor), Cedar Walton (piano), Reggie Workman (contrabaix)
1966 -
Buttercorn Lady (amb: Chuck Mangione (trompeta), Frank Mitchell (saxo tenor),
Keith Jarrett (piano), Reggie Johnson (contrabaix)
1970 - Jazz
Messengers '70 (amb: Bill Hardman (trompeta), Carlos Garnett (saxo tenor),
Joanne Brackeen (piano), Jan Arnet (contrabaix)
1978 - In This
Korner (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Bobby Watson (saxo alt), David
Schnitter saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Dennis Irwin (contrabaix)
1981 - One by
One (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Bobby Watson (saxo alt), David Schnitter
saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Dennis Irwin (contrabaix)
1980 - Live at
Montreux and Northsea (amb: Valery Ponomarev (trompeta), Wynton Marsalis
(trompeta), Robin Eubanks (trombó), Bobby Watson (saxo alt), Bill Pierce (saxo
tenor), Branford Marsalis saxo alt i
baritone), James Williams (piano),Kevin Eubanks (guitarra), Charles
Fambrough (contrabaix), John Ramsay (bateria)
1981 - Art
Blakey in Sweden (amb: Wynton Marsalis (trompeta), Bobby Watson (saxo alt),
Bill Pierce (saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Charles Fambrough
(contrabaix)
1981 –
Fambrough (amb: Wynton Marsalis (trompeta), Bobby Watson (saxo alt), Bill
Pierce (saxo tenor), James Williams (piano), Charles Fambrough (contrabaix)
1982 - Keystone
3 (amb: Wynton Marsalis (trompeta), Branford Marsalis (saxo alt), Bill Pierce
(saxo tenor), Donald Brown (piano), Charles Fambrough (contrabaix)
1985 - Live at
Ronnie Scott's )amb: Terence Blanchard (trompeta), Donald Harrison (saxo alt),
Jean Toussaint (saxo tenor), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Lonnie Plaxico
(contrabaix)
Live at Ronnie
Scott's (amb: Terence Blanchard (trompeta), Donald Harrison (saxo alt), Jean
Toussaint (saxo tenor), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (contrabaix)
1985 - Live at
Kimball's (amb: Terence Blanchard (trompeta), Donald Harrison (saxo alt), Jean
Toussaint (saxo tenor), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (contrabaix)
1989 - The Art
of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (amb: Brian Lynch (trompeta), Frank Lacy (trombó),
Donald Harrison (saxo alt), Javon Jackson saxo tenor), Geoff Keezer (piano),
Essiet Okon Essiet (contrabaix)
Enregistraments
com acompanyant
Year Title Leader Label
1950 – “Dexter
Gordon and His Boys” - Dexter Gordon
1950 - “New Sound in Modern Music, Vol. 3” - Dexter
Gordon
1950 – “New
Sound in Modern Music, Vol. 6” - Fats Navarro
1950 – “Battle
of the Saxes” - Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
1950 – “Tenor
Sax, Vol. 1” - Gene Ammons
1951 – “Genius
of Modern Music” - Thelonious Monk
1951 – “Mr. Saxophone”
- Sonny Stitt
1951 – “Sonny
Stitt Favorites, Vol. 2” - Sonny Stitt
1951 – “Gene
Ammons Favorites, Vol. 2” - Gene Ammons
1951 – “Dizzy
Gillespie, Vol. 1” - Dizzy Gillespie
1951 –
“Collates” - Illinois Jacquet
1951 –
“Collates #2” - Illinois Jacquet
1951 – “Wizard
of the Vibes” - Milt Jackson
1951 –
“Swingin' with Zoot Sims” - Zoot Sims
1951 – “Tenor
Sax Favorites” - Zoot Sims
1951 – “Modern
Jazz Trombones, Vol. 2” - Bennie Green, J. J. Johnson
1951 – “The New
Sounds” - Miles Davis
1951 – “Mambo
Jazz” - Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Joe Holiday, Kenny Graham
1951 – “Sonny
Rollins Quartet” - Sonny Rollins
1951 – “Blue
Period” - Miles Davis
1952 – “James
Moody and his Modernists with Chano Pozo” - James Moody
1952 – “Genius
of Modern Music: Volume 2” - Thelonious Monk
1952 – “King of
the Clarinet” - Buddy DeFranco
1952 – “Zoot
Sims All Stars with Kai Winding and Al Cohn” - Zoot Sims
1952 – “King
Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings” - Annie Ross
1952 –
“Introducing the Horace Silver Trio” - Horace Silver
1952 –
“Thelonious Monk Trio” - Thelonious Monk
1952 – “New
Faces-New Sounds” - Lou Donaldson
1952 –
“Disorder at the Border” - Coleman Hawkins
1953 – “Buddy
DeFranco with Strings” - Buddy DeFranco
1953 –
“Introducing the Kenny Drew Trio” - Kenny Drew
1953 – “Buddy
DeFranco Quartet” - Buddy DeFranco
1953 – “Miles
Davis Volume 2” - Miles Davis
1953 – “Buddy
DeFranco Takes You to the Stars” - Buddy DeFranco
1953 – “New
Star on the Horizon” - Clifford Brown
1953 –
“Introducing Paul Bley” - Paul Bley
1954 – “Miles
Davis Volume 3” - Miles Davis
1954 – “Miles
Davis Quartet” - Miles Davis
1954 – “Elmo
Hope Quintet” - Elmo Hope
1954 –
“Thelonious Monk Quintet” - Thelonious Monk
1954 – “Sonny
Rollins Quintet” - Sonny Rollins
1954 – “Lou
Donaldson Sextet, Vol. 2” - Lou Donaldson
1954 –
“Introducing Joe Gordon” - Joe Gordon
1954 –
“Thelonious Monk Trio” - Thelonious Monk
1955 – “Clark
Terry” - Clark Terry
1955 – “Jazz
Original” - Bud Powell
1955 – “The
Randy Weston Trio” - Randy Weston
1955 –
“Afro-Cuban” - Kenny Dorham
1955 – “Julius
Watkins Sextet, Vol. 2” - Julius Watkins
1955 – “Hank
Mobley Quartet” - Hank Mobley
1955 – “The
Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 2” - Herbie Nichols
1955 – “Duke
Jordan Trio and Quintet” - Duke Jordan
1955 – “Gigi
Gryce and Orchestra” - Gigi Gryce
1955 – “Byrd's
Eye View” - Donald Byrd
1956 – “The
Unique Thelonious Monk” - Thelonious Monk
1956-
“Metronome All-Stars 1956” - Metronome All-Stars
1957 – “Plenty,
Plenty Soul” - Milt Jackson
1957 – “Hank
Mobley and His All Stars” - Hank Mobley
1957 – “A Date
with Jimmy Smith Volume One” - Jimmy Smith
1957 – “A Date
with Jimmy Smith Volume Two” - Jimmy Smith
1957 – “Blowing
in from Chicago” - Clifford Jordan, John Gilmore
1957 – “Hank
Mobley Quintet” - Hank Mobley
1957 – “Jimmy Smith
at the Organ, Vol. 1” - Jimmy Smith
1957 – “Jimmy
Smith at the Organ, Vol. 2” - Jimmy Smith
1957 – “The
Sounds of Jimmy Smith” - Jimmy Smith
1957 – “Sonny
Rollins, Vol. 2” - Sonny Rollins
1957 – “A
Blowing Session” - Johnny Griffin
1957 – “Monk's
Music” - Thelonious Monk
1958 – “House
Party” - Jimmy Smith
1958 –
“Somethin' Else” - Cannonball Adderley
1958 – “Minor
Move” - Tina Brooks
1958 – “New
Bottle Old Wine” - Gil Evans
1958 – “Blue
Lights Volume 1” - Kenny Burrell
1958 – “Blue
Lights Volume 2” - Kenny Burrell
1958 – “Things
Are Getting Better” - Cannonball Adderley, Milt Jackson
1959 – “Out of
the Blue” - Blue Mitchell
1959 – “My
Conception” - Sonny Clark
1959 –
“Swingin'” - Kenny Burrell
1959 – “On View
at the Five Spot Cafe” - Kenny Burrell
1959 –
“Groovin' with Golson” - Benny Golson
1960 – “Here's
Lee Morgan” - Lee Morgan
1960 – “Soul
Station” - Hank Mobley
1960 – “Comin'
On!” - Dizzy Reece
1960 –
“Lee-Way” - Lee Morgan
1960 – “Soul
Time” - Bobby Timmons
1960 – “Second
Genesis” - Wayne Shorter
1960 –
“Expoobident” - Lee Morgan
1960 – “Roll
Call” - Hank Mobley
1962 –
“Nigeria” - Grant Green
1962 – “Congo
Lament” - Ike Quebec
1964 – “Tom
Cat” - Lee Morgan
1964 – “Blues
Bag” - Buddy DeFranco
1964 – “I/We
Had a Ball” - Quincy Jones
1971 – “Giants of
Jazz” – Diversos Artistes
1971 – “The
Giants of Jazz” – Diversos Artistes
1971 –
“Something in Blue” - Thelonious Monk
1971 – “The Man
i Love” - Thelonious Monk
1977 –
“Illumination” - Walter Davis, Jr.
1980 – “Gotham
City” - Dexter Gordon
1987- “Magical
Trio 1” - James Williams