Art Blakey

Art Blakey

male, deceased (1990) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)
Hard-bop musician, Hard-bop drummer, Bebop drummer, jazz, Bandleader, jazz musician…jazz drummer, Jazz bandleader, JazzMessengers, American jazz, New Jersey Jazz Society
Arthur (Art) Blakey (October 11 1919-October 16 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with...
Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard

male, 71 years old
Soul-jazz trumpeter, Jazz-funk trumpeter, Jazz fusion trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Hard-bop trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter…American jazz trumpeter, jazz, jazz musician, Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation, Jazz trumpeter
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz trumpeter. In his youth, Hubbard associated with various...
Kenny Dorham

Kenny Dorham

male, deceased (1972)
Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Hard-bop trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, Blue Note Records, jazz singer, Jazz composer…jazz, Jazz trumpeter, JazzMessengers, Jazz Prophet, jazz musician
McKinley Howard (Kenny) Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas....
Johnny Griffin

Johnny Griffin

male, 81 years old
Post-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, American expatriate in France, JazzMessengers…Jazz tenor saxophonist, jazz musician, Jazz saxophonist
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928) is an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Like many other successful musicians from Chicago, he...
Lou Donaldson

Lou Donaldson

male, 83 years old
Soul-jazz saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, hard bop…soul jazz, JazzMessengers, jazz musician, jazz
Lou Donaldson (born November 1,1926) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy...
Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard

male, 47 years old
Post-bop trumpeter, mainstream jazz, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Terrence Blanchard, Hard-bop trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter…New Orleans jazz musician, Modal jazz trumpeter, JazzMessengers, jazz musician, jazz
Terrence Blanchard (b. March 13, 1962, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Mainstream jazz musician and composer, though he performs in various...
Bobby Watson

Bobby Watson

male, 56 years old
Post-bop jazz musician, post-bop, Jazz composer, 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty, JazzMessengers…Jazz alto saxophonist, jazz, Jazz saxophonist, jazz musician
Bobby Watson is an American post-bop jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. Watson grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. He trained...

Doug Watkins

male, deceased (1962)
American jazz double-bassist, Hard-bop double-bassist, jazz, Double Bassist, Jazz bassist, American…JazzMessengers, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, jazz musician
Douglas Watkins (2 March 1934 - 5 February 1962) was an American hard bop jazz double bassist from Detroit. An original member of the Jazz...
Charles Fambrough

Charles Fambrough

male, 59 years old
Grover Washington Jr, composer, Pennsylvania musician, double-bassist, Post-bop double-bassist, Neo-bop double-bassist…Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, JazzMessengers, Jazz bassist
Charles Fambrough (born August 25 1950) is a double-bassist and composer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose songs have been recorded by the...
Walter Davis Jr.

Walter Davis Jr.

male, deceased (1990)
Hard-bop pianist, American, jazz musician, pianist, Bebop musician, jazz pianist…JazzMessengers
Walter Davis, Jr. (September 2, 1932 in Richmond, Virginia; - June 2, 1990 in New York City) was an American hard bop pianist. Born in Richmond,...