We start our salute to Art Blakey with a recording he made in 1955, when he was co-leader of the band Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers. Pianist Silver wrote "The Preacher," and the band was ...

Drummer and bandleader Art Blakey’s ensemble, the Jazz Messengers, ... Lion put pianist Horace Silver and Blakey together, which led to the creation of the Jazz Messengers.

Art Blakey, a pivotal jazz drummer and a founding father of bebop, died of lung cancer Tuesday at St. Vincent`s Hospital in New York. Mr. Blakey, who turned 71 last week, had been scheduled to open… ...

In 1956, Horace Silver left the band to form his own group leaving the name, the Jazz Messengers, to Art Blakey. Art’s driving rhythms and his incessant two and four beat on the high hat cymbals were ...

Horace Silver: Trailblazing jazz pianist, composer and bandleader who led the way with Art Blakey in developing the hard bop style. Jazz had become abstract, esoteric; Silver remained grounded in ...

PIANIST Silver was a major force in 1950s jazz and this complete collection of his trio work is an excellent illustration of his percussive but imaginative approach to both composition and ...

Looking back on his time as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Javon Jackson can say, "It's still probably the most incredible period of my life." The celebrated tenor saxophonist joined ...

As the appointed leader, pianist Horace Silver revived the Messengers name in 1954 for recordings by the group with Blakey. In 1956, Art Blakey (d), Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver ...

Horace Silver, a pianist, ... starting with his partnership with drummer Art Blakey that led to the seminal hard bop album "Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers" in 1955. ...

Pioneering jazz pianist Horace Silver died yesterday at his home in New Rochelle, NY. He was 85. After beginning as co-leader of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, he struck out on his own and ...