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Art Blakey

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American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919-1990)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1919 to 1990 · aged 71
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Arthur Blakey 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.

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Blakey on a tour billed as part of the "Giants of Jazz" in Hamburg, Germany, in 1973Blakey on a tour billed as part of the "Giants of Jazz" in Hamburg, Germany, in 1973Blakey performing at the Umeå jazz festival in Sweden in 1979Blakey performing at the Umeå jazz festival in Sweden in 1979Blakey in 1982Blakey in 1982

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Awards 3

2005Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul Acket Award
NEA Jazz Masters

Connected to Art 6

Georg Wilhelm PabstAlso in Ballerina (1956)Erich PontoAlso in Ballerina (1956)Willy BirgelAlso in Ballerina (1956)Quincy JonesAlso won Paul Acket AwardTony BennettAlso won Grammy Lifetime Achievement AwardDave BrubeckAlso won NEA Jazz Masters

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1990 · aged 71
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29 languages

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