Art Blakey
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 35 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 11,1919 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Pittsburgh |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 16,1990 |
| Died | Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Percussion | |
| Drums; Percussion | |
| Children | Evelyn Blakey |
| Takashi Buhaina | |
| Art Blakey Jr. | |
| Khadijah Buhaina | |
| Movies/Shows | One Night with Blue Note |
| The Road to Shame | |
| I Called Him Morgan | |
| Ballerina | |
| Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Paris 1959 | |
| A Great Day in Harlem | |
| Jazz Icons: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Live in '58 | |
| Jazz Icons: Art Blakey: Live in '65 | |
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Modern Jazz at the Village Vanguard | |
| Awards | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album | |
| Grammy Hall of Fame | |
| Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
| Parents | Marie Roddicker |
| Bertrand Blakey | |
| Albums | Moanin' |
| Groups | The Jazz Messengers |
| The Giants of Jazz | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 412845 |
Art Blakey Life story
Arthur Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine.