Art Blakey
Jazz Messenger - Programme One
Saturday 2 July 2005 18:00-18:30 (Radio 3)
In the first of two programmes, Jez Nelson explores the musical journey of drummer and bandleader, Art Blakey. From the 1950s to the 1980s Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers served as a finishing school, inspiring hundreds of talented young players to carry the flame of modern jazz.
In this first part, we hear how Art Blakey helped bring the drums into the frontline of small band jazz, and in so doing played a key role in the development of Hard Bop.
We also examine the controversial issue of African drums in Blakey's rhythmic conception. How true was Blakey's claim that Africa doesn't have a damn thing to do with jazz?
Contributors include pianist Horace Silver, ex-Messenger John Ramsay, and critic, Ira Gitler.
Playlist
Presented by Jez Nelson
Produced by Joby Waldman
Artist Art Blakey
Title A night in Tunisia
Composer D. Gillespie - F Paparelli
Publisher Universal MCA (ASCAP)
Label Blue Note
Cat No. 7243 8 75261 2 9
Duration 3'12"
LP Title A night in Tunisia
Artist Art Blakey
Title The Thin Man
Composer K Dorham
Publisher 2nd floor music
Label Blue Note
Cat No. CDP 7 84436 2
Duration 1'45"
LP Title New Sounds
Artist Thelonious Monk
Title Well You needn't
Composer Thelonious Monk
Publisher Thelonious Monk -BMI
Label Blue Note
Cat No. 7243 5 32138 2 4
Duration 2'23"
LP Title Genius of modern music
Artist Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Title Confirmation
Composer Charlie Parker
Publisher Marada
Label Blue Note
Cat No. 7243 5 32147 2 2
Duration 5'49"
LP Title A night at Birdland vol 2
Artist Art Blakey
Title Sacrifice
Composer Blakey - Martinez
Publisher Blackwood music inc
Label CBS
Cat No. CBS 20167
Duration 3'28"
LP Title Drum Suite
Artist Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Title Caravan
Composer Ellington - Mills - Tizol
Publisher ASCAP
Label Original Jazz Classics
Cat No. OJC20 038-2
Duration 4'34"
LP Title Caravan
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