Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led … Read Full Bio ↴Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led it. When Silver dropped out in the group's first year the group name was changed to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter was a long-standing member of the group, joining after the departure of Benny Golson, while other young musicians like Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, James 'Blood' Ulmer,Jymie Merritt, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Marsalis would come and go. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers continued to perform until shortly before Blakey's death in 1990.
Art Blakey continues to be a legend among drummers, while the works of his Jazz Messengers are treasured among jazz musicians.
Art Blakey continues to be a legend among drummers, while the works of his Jazz Messengers are treasured among jazz musicians.
Moanin'
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Lyrics
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@fitzgerald1104
Fun fact: Art Blakey was really a super Jazz icon in Japan in the 60s
“When we hit Japan in 1960 or 61, I never saw anything like it. There were 7,000 heads going up and down at the same time and humming every note of everything we played….When we first went to Japan, they had Lee Morgan shirts, Wayne Shorter overcoats, all that kind of stuff in the department stores. The same kind of publicity the Beatles got in the U.S., we got in Japan.”
– Art Blakey, quoted by John Litweiler in Down Beat, March 25, 1976, pp.17, 16
“We’ve played a lot of countries, but never has the whole band been in tears when we left. My wife cried all the way to Hawaii.”
– Art Blakey, quoted by Don DeMicheal in Down Beat, May 11, 1961, p.15.
“I gained a lot of worldly knowledge, due to the places we went to. I would say we were the first bebop, progressive band to go through Japan, as a group and play concerts. Art used to refer to Japan as our second home.”
– Wayne Shorter, Down Beat, June 20, 1974, p.16.
@fitzgerald1104
Fun fact: Art Blakey was really a super Jazz icon in Japan in the 60s
“When we hit Japan in 1960 or 61, I never saw anything like it. There were 7,000 heads going up and down at the same time and humming every note of everything we played….When we first went to Japan, they had Lee Morgan shirts, Wayne Shorter overcoats, all that kind of stuff in the department stores. The same kind of publicity the Beatles got in the U.S., we got in Japan.”
– Art Blakey, quoted by John Litweiler in Down Beat, March 25, 1976, pp.17, 16
“We’ve played a lot of countries, but never has the whole band been in tears when we left. My wife cried all the way to Hawaii.”
– Art Blakey, quoted by Don DeMicheal in Down Beat, May 11, 1961, p.15.
“I gained a lot of worldly knowledge, due to the places we went to. I would say we were the first bebop, progressive band to go through Japan, as a group and play concerts. Art used to refer to Japan as our second home.”
– Wayne Shorter, Down Beat, June 20, 1974, p.16.
@JamieMcGuire3295
that why it got used in an anime i think. shame such a waste of song.
@benderbendingrofriguez3300
@Andrew McGuire which anime?
@JamieMcGuire3295
@Bender Bending Rodriguez sakamichi no appolon
@caladbolg777
@Andrew McGuire I don't know. I thought Kids on the Slope wasn't bad at all.
@muchsinhuda7855
@Andrew McGuire sakamichi no apollon / kids on the slope gets me to this. Is not a waste i tell u
@TimBowSpice
Jazz band in high school, played piano, played this song at the state wide competition, won an award for outstanding improvised solo.
@carlosandrescastromedina3100
Glad you won!
@chloepainter4064
How’d the judges not recognize this piece, it’s iconic?!
@TimBowSpice
@Chloe Painter , they knew the song. The beginning I played it as written, but in the middle had a solo that wasn't written out in the sheet music, just a chord chart.