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Jazz Legends: Art Blakey

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Julian Joseph continues his series of profiles of major jazz artists with performances from the BBC jazz archives. For over 30 years drummer Art Blakey led the most enduring and creative hard-bop outfits in the history of jazz, providing a springboard for generations of young soloists and composers.

Julian Joseph introduces a concert from 1985 given by the Jazz Messengers at Ronnie Scott's in London, when the band included Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Donald Harrison (alto sax), Jean Toussaint (tenor sax), Mulgrew Miller (piano) and Lonnie Plaxico (bass).

(Today's featured recording of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers is available on a BBC CD from early May)

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Presenter:
Julian Joseph
Source: Radio Times

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