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The Messenger Legacy at Jazz Standard
Courtesy of Aaron Gottlieb | Posted on October 4, 2013
Where
Jazz Standard
116 East 27th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-576-2232
When
Fri, October 4, 2013
7:30PM, 9:30PM, 11:30PM
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Musicians
Ralph Peterson
drumsDonald Harrison
saxophone, altoBrian Lynch
trumpetBill Pierce
saxophone, tenorDonald Brown
pianoReggie Workman
bassAbout
Drummer Art Blakey (1919–1990) was a progenitor of Hard Bop – the blues–drenched, relentlessly swinging music that has dominated mainstream instrumental jazz since the 1950s. Pianist Horace Silver nominally led the first edition of the Jazz Messengers, but after his departure in 1956 Blakey took over the leader’s role and used the Jazz Messengers name for the remainder of his career. The school of Blakey boasts some of the top graduating alumni in the history of jazz. All of the musicians appearing on our stage this week are alumni of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers including drummer Ralph Peterson, Art’s friend and understudy who was the second drummer in the Messengers Big Band...