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Archives for July 2008

Art Blakey Chronology (and the Jazz Messengers)

July 6, 2008 By Michael Fitzgerald

by Steve Schwartz and Michael Fitzgerald
May 1996-July 6, 2008

Dates refer to first documented existence of particular band, usually at a recording session, but occasionally at a performing engagement.

Special editions of the Jazz Messengers, whether all-star alumni groupings or studio-only bands are marked with an *.

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Art Blakey

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

Prestige Records
Tenth and Parker
Berkeley, California 94710
415-549-2500

ART BLAKEY
Art Blakey, one of the top drummers in all of jazz history, began by studying the piano in school. He only took up the drums when the drummer with a band in which he was playing became ill.

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Ernestine Anderson

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

Ernestine Anderson combines the extraordinary excitement and luscious sound of a fresh voice with the maturity and wisdom of her years in music, to create a compelling sound that makes her a favorite performer in the United States, Europe and Asia.

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Credits for Art Blakey Chronology

July 6, 2008 By Michael Fitzgerald

Thanks to those beautiful people who helped with the research of this chronology.

<Phillyjoeg@aol.com>
Chris Amberger
Jan Arnet
Johs Bergh
Roger Bennett <jazzer@mailcity.com>
Vincent Bessières
Harvey Bloomfield
Steven C. Bowie <sbowie@gte.net>
Kevin Bresnahan
Noal Cohen
Graham Connah
William R. Damm
Bill Dennehy <Wdenn82157@aol.com>

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Woody Shaw

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

Columbia Records


WOODY SHAW
Woody Shaw is a trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and eclectic original. “I consider myself from the straight-ahead school of jazz,” says Woody, and if you’ve heard him in action, you know what he’s talking about.

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Sam Rivers (Impulse)

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

ABC/Dunhill Records


SAM RIVERS
While many musicians take a lifetime to master one instrument, Sam Rivers has turned himself into a one-man band with his proficiency on no less than six instruments. Besides his main work on the tenor saxophone, Sam devotes his time equally to the soprano sax, bass clarinet, piano, flute, and viola.

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