Art Blakey News and Photos

One Track Mind: Wallace Roney, “Combustible” from Understanding (2013)

Sat, April 20 2013 2:48pm - Source: Something Else!

The appropriately named "Combustible," part of an upcoming Wallace Roney project called Understanding, bursts out like a spit-shined hard-bop muscle car — and the trumpeter never takes his foot off the gas.

Sean Nowell – The Kung-Fu Masters (2013)

Fri, March 22 2013 3:32pm - Source: Something Else!

Sean Nowell is a name I remember from a couple of years ago when sizing up his last album Stockholm Swingin' (2011) , a snappy live encounter of solid, straight ahead jazz performed by both American and Swedish musicians in a small combo band.

Why Kyle Eastwood chose jazz over cinema

Mon, March 04 2013 4:15pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"I did start by having piano lessons when I was about six or so and played for a few years," Eastwood explains.

Kyle Eastwood – The View From Here (2013)

Mon, March 04 2013 12:26pm - Source: Something Else!

The Paris-based American jazz bassist with a Hollywood pedigree is at a comfortable spot in his mid-forties, having settled into the unity, continuity and comfort of making records with a working band.

Donald Byrd. Jazz trumpeter. Born December 9, 1932. Died February 4, 2013. Aged 80

Sat, February 16 2013 1:25pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Donald formed a band with his students at Howard University called The Blackbyrds.

GUEST POST: Barry Altschul Interviewed by Harris Eisenstadt, Part 2

Thu, January 10 2013 5:11pm - Source: destination: OUT

We at D:O are incredibly pleased to present this guest post from Harris Eisenstadt.

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble :: Hard Luck Soul

Wed, December 19 2012 3:45pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

Hard Luck Soul , originally pressed in 1971, is the result of a single recording session by the Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble, a group led by Ohio State Penitentiary inmates Reynard Birtha and Logan Rollins, nephew of Sonny.

'Beware of Mr. Baker': A Documentary about the Genius and Terror of Drummer Ginger Baker

Tue, December 04 2012 10:06pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The second-best rock documentary of the year, after the poignant comeback story Searching for Sugar Man , is that film's wild opposite: a stranger-than-fiction portrait of the heroically talented, thoroughly misanthropic drummer Ginger Baker.

Graded on a Curve: Jackie McLean, Lights Out!

Wed, November 07 2012 2:19pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Since 1991, the Analogue Productions label has been doing a dandy job in reissuing music from a variety of genres in editions designed to surpass the quality of their often elusive originals.

Desert Island Discs: Blue Note Records Edition

Tue, October 23 2012 2:42pm - Source: Something Else!

Our newest Desert Island Discs poll delves into one of jazz music's signature labels, as we're castaway to the isle of Blue Note. Memorable albums by Horace Silver, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Larry Young each received multiple votes, while artists like Grant Green and Cassandra Wilson drew praise from more than one voter, as well.

Ralph Peterson – The Duality Perspective (2012)

Sun, June 17 2012 12:57pm - Source: Something Else!

Edward LaRose's painting on the cover, itself so full of ying-and-yang dualities, sets an expectant tone for Ralph Peterson's layered and challenging new recording — and the drummer delivers.

Half Notes: The Cookers – Believe (2012)

Mon, June 11 2012 11:40am - Source: Something Else!

Jazz supergroups come and go but with a new album looming for the third year in a row, The Cookers have signalled they are serious as a long term cooperative.

Kenny Garrett – Seeds From The Underground (2012)

Wed, April 04 2012 12:37pm - Source: Something Else!

Kenny Garrett's place in jazz history was secured long ago as the last in the line of one of the most prestigious clubs in all of jazz: saxophone foils for Miles Davis.

New Branford Marsalis release to see vinyl-only release on Record Store Day

Sat, March 31 2012 11:16pm - Source: Something Else!

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will issue his new release Four MFs Playin' Tunes on deluxe 180-gram high definition vinyl as part of Record Store Day, April 21, 2012.

Bu: Art Blakey

Mon, March 19 2012 5:55pm - Source: Squeeze My Lemon

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Valentine's Day - The Story of Cathy and Me

Tue, February 14 2012 8:19pm - Source: MOG

The Story Of Cathy And Me is more than a jazz album.

Messenger

Mon, February 06 2012 4:34am - Source: KinoSport

On view at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Gimme Five: Say what?!? Jazz music’s most surprising albums

Sat, January 07 2012 3:19pm - Source: Something Else!

Sometimes you think you know a musician and his tendencies, or that he's always played the kind of music you've known him to play.

Ferit Odman – Autumn In New York (2011)

Mon, December 05 2011 2:14pm - Source: Something Else!

There's something at once familiar, and entirely brand new, about Turkish drummer Ferit Odman's new Autumn In New York.

The Curtis Brothers – Completion of Proof (2011)

Wed, November 02 2011 12:16pm - Source: Something Else!

Siblings Luques and Zaccai Curtis perform in the brash, muscular style of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, even as they confront thorny moral issues with the same veracity as John Coltrane.