Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Jazzhard bopjazz mentorship collectivepost-bop evolutionblue note lineage
Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led it. When Silver dropped out in the group's first year the group name was changed to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter was a long-standing member of the group, joining after the departure of Benny Golson, while other young musicians like Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, James 'Blood' Ulmer,Jymie Merritt, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Marsalis would come and go.
Influenced by: Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
- Label:
- Blue Note
- Active:
- 1955-1990
- Scene:
- NYC jazz
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