Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers United States

Biography

Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led it. When Silver dropped out in the group's first year the group name was changed to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter was a long-standing member of the group, joining after the departure of Benny Golson, while other young musicians like Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, James 'Blood' Ulmer,Jymie Merritt, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Marsalis would come and go.

Popular Songs

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  A La Mode

  Message: The Art of Jazz

  139 BPM
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  Moanin'

  Message: The Art of Jazz

  126 BPM
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  Gershwin Medley

  Tough! / Hard Bop

  81 BPM
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  Oh - by the Way

  Album of the Year

  70 BPM
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  Caravan

  Caravan

  135 BPM

Discography

Just Coolin'

2020

Selections from Lerner and Loewe's… My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon

2014

Tough! / Hard Bop

2012

Hard Bop

2006

Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World

2002

Blue Night

2000

Coast to Coast

2000

Reflections of Buhaina

2000

Chippin' In

1998

Message: The Art of Jazz

1993

Feeling Good

1992

One for All

1990

Getz-Eldridge-Hawkins-Dizzy Femmes Disparaissent / Les Tricheurs

1990

Album of the Year

1988

I Get A Kick Out Of Bu

1988

Blues March

1983

Keystone 3

1982

Night in Tunisia

1979

Reflections in Blue

1979

Gypsy Folk Tales

1977

Buhaina

1973

Roots & Herbs

1970

The Witch Doctor

1967

Like Someone in Love

1966

Indestructible

1964

Free for All

1964

Buhaina's Delight

1962

Caravan

1962

The Freedom Rider

1961

Mosaic

1961

Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!

1961

The Big Beat

1960

At the Jazz Corner of the World

1959

With Thelonious Monk

1958

Moanin'

1958

The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys

1957

The Jazz Messengers

1956