The Jazz Messengers

This day (August 19, 2013) in Brooklyn, N.Y, died Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior a.k.a. , Cedar Walton, an American hard bop jazz pianist.

July 22, 1976 – Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – that is David Schnitter (ts), Bill Hardman (t), Mickey Tucker (p) and Cameron Brown (b) – are at at “Umbria Jazz” in Perugia, Italy

March 23, 1984 – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – that is Terence Blanchard (tp), Donald Harrison (as), Jean Toussaint (ts), Mulgrew Miller (p) and Lonnie Plaxico (b) – perform at Jazzwoche Burghausen in Wackerhalle, Germany

March 23, 1963 – Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – that is Freddie Hubbard (t), Wayne Shorter (s), Curtis Fuller (tb), Cedar Walton (p) and Reggie Workman (b) – are at the Sanremo Jazz Festival in Italy More Info

Art Blakey’s ‘The Big Beat’ is an album recorded on March 6, 1960, with the Jazz Messengers featuring Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Enlightenment (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) – 05:02 . 2.Saturn (Sun Ra) – 03:37 . 3.Velvet (Sun Ra) […]

This day (February 19, 1972), in New York, died Edward Lee Morgan, an American hard bop trumpeter.

This day (January 25, 1929), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Benny Golson,an American bebop & hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist.

Art Blakey’s ‘Keystone 3’ is a live album recorded in January, 1982 with the Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis and released in 1982 by Concord Jazz. Track Listing : 1.In Walked Bud (Thelonious Monk) – 08:25 . 2.In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 07:15 . 3.Fuller Love […]

This day (October 16, 1990), in New York City, New York, died Art Blakey, was an American jazz drummer.