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20 de jun. de 2024 · Featuring arguably the greatest line-up in Blakey’s jazz messengers’ history (Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt), this landmark disc encapsulates the spirit of hard-bop perfectly, taking the modern jazz language of the time and fusing it with elements of blues, gospel and R&B.
20 de jun. de 2024 · Soon the famous “Jazz Messengers” were born, playing in the style of the even more popular and appealing “Hard-Bop” genre. Many versions of the “Messengers” carried all before them for an incredible thirty five years.
Hace 19 horas · After a stint with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, he emerged as a leader of his own group of fellow youthful African American musicians playing a style reminiscent of Miles Davis’s 1960s modal/hard bop band, also performing with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams in what was marketed as a reunion of Davis’s classic group.
4 de jul. de 2024 · So far in our “Year By Year” series, we have established one thing: The Jazz Messengers – led by the compulsive, propulsive and polyrhythmic drumming of Art Blakey – all but defined hard bop. Throughout the ‘60s, the ensemble underwent many lineup changes.
Hace 5 días · Different formations of the Jazz Messengers had been around since the late ’40s. However, it was arguably the line-up of their self-titled 1956 album that first captured the public’s ears and imagination; a line-up led by pianist Horace Silver and featuring drummer Art Blakey, saxophonist Hank Mobley, trumpeter Donald Byrd and ...
3 de jul. de 2024 · Drummer Art Blakey was one of the most influential bandleaders of the past 50 years, a musical mentor whose long-running band, The Jazz Messengers, served as an incubator for jazz’s top talent. The group recorded its first official album in 1956, its last in 1990.
3 de jul. de 2024 · Shorter rose to prominence alongside John Coltrane in the 1950s. He later joined Art Blakely’s Jazz Messengers and famously collaborated with Miles Davis. As part of Blue Note Records, he released Grammy Award-winning albums; in fact, he would go on to win 12 Grammys in his legendary career.
