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Art Blakey

Jazz
Hard bop
Be bop
One of the most influential drummers of them all, Art Blakey's distinctive, aggressive style had a profound effect on 20th century jazz and he is credited with inventing the bebop rhythm along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach. From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Blakey was still in his teens when he started playing piano and leading his own band. He later decided to take up drums, touring with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra in the early 1940s before joining Billy Eckstine's big band and - closely associated with Miles Davis, Horace Silver and Charlie Parker - he was identified as one...
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If I Had YouArt Blakey and Art Blakey Quintet
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You Go to My Head 

Previously Unreleased Track

Tony Bennett and Art Blakey
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Love Walked InArt Blakey and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
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CaravanArt Blakey and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
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SkylarkArt Blakey and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
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Once in a WhileArt Blakey
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If I Had YouArt Blakey and Art Blakey Quintet

Night Time Blues

3:31

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You Go to My Head 

Previously Unreleased Track

Tony Bennett and Art Blakey

The Beat of My Heart

2:40

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Love Walked InArt Blakey and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Chippin' In

4:46

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CaravanArt Blakey and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Caravan

9:46

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SkylarkArt Blakey and Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

A Night in Tunisia

4:51

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Once in a WhileArt Blakey

Hard Bop

5:18

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