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Art Blakey: Reflections Of Buhaina
by AAJ Staff
“Reflections Of Buhaina", written by tuba player Ray Draper, is a tune on the new Savoy Jazz reissue called “Reflections Of Buhaina". “Buhaina" is shorthand for Blakey's Muslim name, Abdullah Iba Buhaina. “Bu" is an even shorter version of the name, a nickname, so to speak. Thus, one would think that “Reflections Of Buhaina" would, ergo, ...
Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat
by Jim Santella
Bridging cultures, Art Blakey combined powerful African rhythms and American jazz melodies on a session that Blue Note reissued recently because the album explores roots common to all of jazz. Blakey’s ensemble for this 1962 project included artists from both worlds: Solomon G. Ilori and James Ola. Folami are from Nigeria, Chief Bey is from Senegal, ...
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: The Witch Doctor
by Jim Santella
With Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan in the front line, this was one of Art Blakey’s best Jazz Messenger units. Bobby Timmons, of course, could swing the section from start to finish. Shorter, Morgan, and Timmons were with the Jazz Messengers together through most of 1960 and 1961. The Witch Doctor was recorded March 14, 1961. ...
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Roots And Herbs
by Jim Santella
Recorded early in 1961, not released on LP until nine years later, and now available as a CD, Roots And Herbs carries on the tradition of hard bop and those unique features that set the genre apart from other forms of jazz. Art Blakey’s quintet recorded the compositions of Wayne Shorter at three sessions in February ...
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Roots and Herbs
by C. Andrew Hovan
Arguably one of the best bands to ever be assembled under the Jazz Messengers moniker, drummer Art Blakey’s crew from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s included such legendary figures as Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, and Bobby Timmons. Blue Note producer Alfred Lion surely knew he had a good thing going because he kept these guys ...
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: The Witch Doctor
by C. Andrew Hovan
Like the other newly-reissued Blakey set, Roots and Herbs, the music contained on The Witch Doctor was recorded in 1961 and came out on LP much after the fact. It too features the great line-up with Morgan, Shorter, and Timmons, but this time the writing is more a group effort, with two cuts apiece from Morgan ...
Art Blakey / Stan Getz (Music Club: Art Blakey is Jazz / Stan Getz is Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
1. Music Club has begun a release series entitled ...is Jazz highlighting the live recordings of prominent jazz musicians. Two of the first releases are from Stan Getz and Art Blakey performing live in the early 80s. Buhaina’s Delight. Art Blakey was a titan music educator. His Jazz Messengers more prominent jazz musicians than even Miles ...
