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(Drummer) Art Blakey was a prominent American jazz drummer and bandleader known for his collaborations with bebop icons like Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. In the mid-1950s, he co-founded the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver, leading the group for over three decades. The Jazz Messengers became a renowned ensemble that nurtured emerging jazz talent and solidified their reputation as a leading hard bop group of the late 1950s. Blakey received numerous posthumous accolades for his significant contributions to jazz music.
