http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61131&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rssIf jazz were a university, drummer Art Blakey would be the chair of his own department. A consummate bandleader, Blakey brought dozens of excellent jazz players to national attention, helping launch countless brilliant solo careers. He also pioneered an aggressive, almost tribal style of jazz drumming which formed the backbone of Hard Bop. Blakey started out on the Big Band circuit in the 1930s, before moving to Bebop in the late 1940s and finally forming the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver in 1954. Starting in 1955, he devoted most of his playing time to that band, which in its three-and-a-half decades featured such luminaries as Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, and Wynton Marsalis. The featured soloists wrote the majority of the tunes, a raucous blend of blues, Afro-Latin, and hard driving Bop, for which Blakey's fierce polyrhythmic attack provided the backbone. - Noah EnelowHard Bopen720Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:00:23 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61131&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss If jazz were a university, drummer Art Blakey would be the chair of his own department. A consummate bandleader, Blakey brought dozens of excellent jazz players to national attention, helping launch countless brilliant solo careers. He also pioneered an aggressive, almost tribal style of jazz drumming which formed the backbone of Hard Bop. Blakey started out on the Big Band circuit in the 1930s, before moving to Bebop in the late 1940s and finally forming the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver in 1954. Starting in 1955, he devoted most of his playing time to that band, which in its three-and-a-half decades featured such luminaries as Lee Morgan, Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, and Wynton Marsalis. The featured soloists wrote the majority of the tunes, a raucous blend of blues, Afro-Latin, and hard driving Bop, for which Blakey's fierce polyrhythmic attack provided the backbone. - Noah Enelow http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1933459&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Jazz Wed, 1 Jan 1958 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 1933459 tra.1933459 Art Blakey art.61131 0.0 Moanin' alb.233093 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/2/2/932211_170x170.jpg 1999-03-23 00:00:00.0 1958-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Moanin' tra.1933459 575000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1933459&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1933459&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1933461&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Wed, 1 Jan 1958 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 1933461 tra.1933461 Art Blakey art.61131 0.99 Moanin' 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1997955&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2675376&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Sun, 1 Jan 1961 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 2675376 tra.2675376 Art Blakey art.61131 0.99 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers alb.189784 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/6/8/1078627_170x170.jpg 1996-01-30 00:00:00.0 1961-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Alamode tra.2675376 410000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2675376&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2675376&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1997954&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Sun, 1 Jan 1961 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 1997954 tra.1997954 Art Blakey art.61131 0.0 Mosaic alb.232233 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/4/4/0/780448_170x170.jpg 1988-10-10 00:00:00.0 1961-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Mosaic tra.1997954 493000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1997954&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1997954&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.444884&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Sun, 1 Jan 1961 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 444884 tra.444884 Art Blakey art.61131 0.99 The Witch Doctor alb.111392 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/5/4/8/398458_170x170.jpg 1999-11-16 00:00:00.0 1961-01-01 00:00:00.0 true The Witch Doctor tra.444884 330000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.444884&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.444884&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.444861&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Wed, 1 Jan 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6041719&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Wed, 25 Nov 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 6041719 tra.6041719 Art Blakey art.61131 0.99 'S Make It alb.6040831 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/4/3/1/1081346_170x170.jpg 2004-06-08 00:00:00.0 1964-11-25 00:00:00.0 true 'S Make It tra.6041719 338000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6041719&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6041719&variant=data&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6528406&variant=play&rws=%2Fart-blakey%2Ftop-tracks.rss Hard Bop Sun, 16 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Art Blakey on Rhapsody Online 6528406 tra.6528406 Art Blakey art.61131 0.0 Ugetsu alb.6528139 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/6/4/3/1813468_170x170.jpg 2006-06-06 00:00:00.0 1963-06-16 00:00:00.0 true Ping-Pong tra.6528406 487000 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