WILLIAMSTOWN — George Cables remembers the night of his first gig with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. It was 1969 and the 24-year-old piano player had just joined the group at the recommendation of ...

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' Free for All was recorded in February 1964 and released in July 1965. Only four tracks were recorded, two per side. And yet the album is one of the hard-bop sextet's ...

Music enthusiasts in Elgin are in for a treat as The Guest List, a talented jazz ensemble, will perform “A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers” on Sunday, March 23. The performance will be ...

And now we reach the point in our program entitled, “What's The Point?" As in: You already know this album, you may already own this album, and yet here we are, discussing an album that's 59 years old ...

We start our salute to Art Blakey with a recording he made in 1955, when he was co-leader of the band Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers. Pianist Silver wrote "The Preacher," and the band was ...

Saxophonist Javon Jackson has been playing professionally for decades, starting in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1987. His newest albums include the collaboration “Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies,” ...

In addition to Johnson, this program of soulful, high-intensity jazz features Nolan Shaheed, trumpet; Lemar Guillary, trombone; Otmaro Ruiz, piano; Jeff Littleton, bass; and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X POTTSVILLE – For a few precious moments on Saturday morning, Centre Street became Basin Street.

Craft Recordings’ OJC Reissue Series continues with Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans’ Know What I Mean?, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers’ Caravan, and Ron Carter’s Where? Since its inception, the ...