Art Blakey

 

Artist:  Art Blakey

Birth Name:  Arthur Blakey

Born:  October 11, 1919.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:  October 16, 1990.  (Aged 71).  New York City, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Drum Jazz

Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader

Instruments:  Drums, Percussion

Art Blakey was as American Jazz Drummer and Bandleader.  He made a name for himself in the 1940s in the Big Bands of Fletcher Henderson and Bill Eckstine.  He worked with Bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie.  In the mid-1950s Horace Silver and Art Blakey formed The Jazz Messengers.  He was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall Of Fame in 1981.  The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall Of Fame in 1991.

Artist:  Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Title:   Just Coolin'  (2020)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Drum Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Hipsippy Blues  (6:42)

 2.  Close Your Eyes  (6:28)

 3.  Jimerick  (6:24)

 4.  Quick Trick  (4:45)

 5.  M&M  (6:01)

 6.  Just Coolin'  (8:44)

Format:  LP

Side A:

 1.  Hipsippy Blues  (6:42)

 2.  Close Your Eyes  (6:28)

 3.  Jimerick  (6:24)

Side B:

 1.  Quick Trick  (4:45)

 2.  M&M  (6:01)

 3.  Just Coolin'  (8:44)

Personnel:

Art Blakey:  Drums

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone

Bobby Timmons:  Piano

Jymie Merritt:  Bass

Just Coolin' is a never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, released on July 17, 2020 by Blue Note, was recorded on March 8, 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, featuring Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merritt.