Art Blakey
Sound
October 11, 1919
Died October 16, 1990 (71 years old)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
11
Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
as Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
7.1
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
2019
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
Jazz Icons: Art Blakey Live in '65
2009
as Self - drums
Jazz Icons: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Live In '58
2006
as Self
One Night with Blue Note
2004
as Self
7.1
Jazz
2001
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger
1988
as Self
8.5
The Cosby Show
1984
as Drummer
7
Jazz Is Our Religion
1972
10
Discorama
1959
as Self
8
Ballerina
1956
as Jazzmusiker
7