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Art Blakey

1919 - 1990

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Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. He then worked with bebop musicians Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Art Blakey is the 414th most popular musician (down from 278th in 2019), the 2,424th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,552nd in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Musician.

Art Blakey was a jazz drummer who is most famous for being the drummer for the Jazz Messengers.

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Among musicians, Art Blakey ranks 414 out of 3,175. Before him are David Ellefson, Tiësto, Cliff Williams, Billy Martin, Sonny Rollins, and Jan Kubelík. After him are Jermaine Jackson, Eddie Cochran, Andy Summers, Radu Lupu, Leopold Godowsky, and Dave Holland.

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Among people born in 1919, Art Blakey ranks 77. Before him are Wolfgang Wagner, Kiichi Miyazawa, Gillo Pontecorvo, Liberace, Bob Paisley, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria. After him are Hermine Braunsteiner, Pierre Soulages, George Wallace, Christoph Probst, Joe Weider, and Héctor Germán Oesterheld. Among people deceased in 1990, Art Blakey ranks 68. Before him are Taiichi Ohno, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Manuel Puig, Nina Kulagina, Meir Kahane, and Edmund Conen. After him are Curtis LeMay, Tadeusz Kantor, Nicola Abbagnano, Jim Henson, Samuel Noah Kramer, and Samuel Doe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Art Blakey ranks 2,424 out of 20,380. Before him are Shannen Doherty (1971), Kalākaua (1836), Sol LeWitt (1928), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), LeBron James (1984), and Dean Stockwell (1936). After him are Peter Graves (1926), Chadwick Boseman (1977), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Irving Penn (1917), Jason Momoa (1979), and Joel Silver (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Art Blakey ranks 118. Before him are Liberace (1919), Wayne Shorter (1933), Art Tatum (1909), David Ellefson (1964), Billy Martin (1981), and Sonny Rollins (1930). After him are Jermaine Jackson (1954), Eddie Cochran (1938), Peggy Lee (1920), Ry Cooder (1947), Moby (1965), and Eric Carr (1950).

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