During his lengthy career that stretched from the late 1940's to the late 1980's, drummer Art Blakey was at the forefront of bebop and hard-bop jazz. His band would become an incubator for young jazz ...

Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen is an Afrobeat pioneer best known for his tenure as musical director for Fela Kuti. American jazz was an early influence, and he pays tribute to hard bop icon ...

Blakey led his band for almost 40 years, making many classic records with top musicians. Just Coolin', a newly unearthed 1959 recorded studio session, showcases his stylistic precision. This is FRESH ...

Arthur Blakey Senior—a.k.a. Abdullah ibn Buhaina, a.k.a. Bu, a.k.a. simply “Art Blakey”—would have turned 100 years old on October 11. It’s hard to overstate his impact on the jazz world. He was one ...

Art Blakey was in transition in April 1957. He had parted company with Horace Silver less than a year before, and had yet to establish a convincing track record as the sole proprietor of the Jazz ...

Long before musicians started thinking of themselves as embodying a brand, Art Blakey established an imprimatur that conveyed instant gravitas. As the leader of the Jazz Messengers, the drummer spent ...