Art Blakey
Birthday
1919/10/11
Day of death
1990/10/16 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, The Jazz Messengers
Biography
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. In the mid-1950s, Horace Silver and Blakey formed the Jazz Messengers, a group that the drummer was ass...Read more
Acting
(2004) One Night with Blue Note
as Self
(1988) Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger
as Self
(2006) Jazz Icons: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Live In '58
as Self
(2019) Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Jazz Icons: Art Blakey Live in '65
as Self - drums
(2021) Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
as Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
(1972) Jazz Is Our Religion
as ---
(2001) Jazz
as Self (archive footage)
(1959) Discorama
as Self
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Drummer