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Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Position:
Drums
Year of Birth:
1919
Years with Miles:
1946-1958

A pioneering and hugely influential bebop and postbop drummer, noted for founding and leading the Jazz Messengers, one of the most important collectives in jazz history; recorded with Miles on a number of important sessions from the late 1940s through mid-1950s.

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Recordings with Miles Davis
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Autumn Leaves
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Bangoon (aka Alison’s Uncle)
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Blue Haze
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Blue Haze
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Bluing
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Bluing
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C.T.A.
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C.T.A. – Alternate Take
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Conception
Conception
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Conception
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Dancing In The Dark
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Denial
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Dig
Dig
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Down – Live At Birdland
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Enigma
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Four
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Four
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Half Nelson – Live At Birdland
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Half Nelson – Live At Birdland
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I Waited For You
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It Never Entered My Mind
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It’s Only A Paper Moon
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It’s Only A Paper Moon
Kelo
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Lady Bird – Live At Birdland
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Lazy Susan
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Love For Sale
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Move – Live At Birdland
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Move – Live At Birdland
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Move – Live At Birdland
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My Old Flame
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My Old Flame
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My Old Flame
One For Daddy-O
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Out of The Blue
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Out of The Blue
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Out Of The Blue – Live At Birdland
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Ray’s Idea
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Ray’s Idea – Alternate Take
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Somethin’ Else
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Take Off
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Tempus Fugit
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Tempus Fugit – Alternate Take
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Tempus Fugit – Live At Birdland
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That Old Devil Moon
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That Old Devil Moon
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The Leap
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The Squirrel – Live At Birdland
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Weirdo
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Well You Needn’t
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