Art Blakey
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Known forSound
Known Credits9
GenderMale
Place of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died1990-10-16
Also Known AsAbdullah Ibn Buhaina
The Jazz Messengers
Biography
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in...Read more
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