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
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader

Instruments:  Drums, Percussion

Art Blakey was an American Jazz Drummer and Bandleader.  He made a name for himself in the 1940s in the Big Bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy 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 & Jazz Messengers

Title:  'S Make It (Verve Vault Series) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument

Label:  Verve

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Faith (From I Had A Ball) (3:46)

 2.  'S Make It (5:40)

 3.  Waltz For Ruth (5:46)

 4.  One For Gamal (3:41)

Side B:

 1.  Little Hughie (5:35)

 2.  Olympia (5:49)

 3.  Lament For Stacy (5:12)

Personnel:

Art Blakey:  Drums

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Curtis Fuller:  Trombone

John Gilmore:  Tenor Saxophone

John Hicks:  Piano

Victor Sproles:  Bass

'S Make It is an album by Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers, originally released i 1965 by Limelight, remastered and reissued on April 17, 2026 by Verve.  Verve Vault Series 180 Gram Vinyl.