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Top: Arts: Music: Instruments: Percussion: Drums: Drummers: Jazz
Art Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was born Oct. 11, 1919, in Pittsburgh, Pa. This drummer and bandleader was known for his extraordinary drum solos, which helped define the offshoot of bebop known as " hard bop".He was also known for giving younger musicians a start in their careers as jazz performers in his group, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
He died on Oct. 16, 1990 in New York.
Roy Haynes was born in Boston, March 13, 1926. In his fifty year career as a percussionist/drummer he worked with Lester Young from 1947 to 1949, with Bud Powell and Miles Davis in '49, Charlie Parker 1949 to 1953. He toured with Sarah Vaughan from 1954 to 1959, played with Thelonious Monk in 1959-60, made eight recordings with Eric Dolphy in 1960-61, worked with Stan Getz from 1961 to 1965, played and recorded with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1963 to 1965, collaborated with Chick Corea, (also from Boston) since 1968, and with Pat Metheny during the '90s. He was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1993. He continues to play with the top jazz artists of our time, as well as lead his own group.
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