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Art Blakey
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Jazz musician.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1982.
The name of his band was the Jazz Messengers.
Played drums.
Changed his name to Abdullah Ibn Buhaina.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 110-112. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
Recognised in jazz as the leader of the hard bop movement.
Friends with Charlie Parker, and Johnny Griffin.
Son of Bertram Thomas Blakey.
Has ten children: daughters: Gwendolyn, Evelyn, Jackie, Kadijah, Sakeena, Akira, and sons: Art Blakey, Jr, Takashi, Kenji, and Gamal.
Has six grandchildren.
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