Art Blakey Centennial Birthday Tribute at Jazz Clubs Nw

A special Centennial Birthday tribute for one of the major bandleaders in the history of jazz who helped shape and change the music. The list of alumni musicians who also became bandleaders and major stylists in their own right reads like a who's who of the jazz world.

Most people think of the group he lead the majority of his career, The Jazz Messengers, when they think about Art Blakey as a musician. But there was a lot outside of that group which he did. To celebrate the Centennial of Art's birth, the sextet will play not only some Jazz Messengers reportoire, but selections from several important records in the history of the music where Art was the drummer of choice for the session. There will be music composed by legendary jazz musicians as well as some standards from the Great American Songbook. It will be a selection of some songs that aren't heard as frequently but are familiar to fans and serious students of the music....

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A special Centennial Birthday tribute for one of the major bandleaders in the history of jazz who helped shape and change the music. The list of alumni musicians who also became bandleaders and major stylists in their own right reads like a who's who of the jazz world.

Most people think of the group he lead the majority of his career, The Jazz Messengers, when they think about Art Blakey as a musician. But there was a lot outside of that group which he did. To celebrate the Centennial of Art's birth, the sextet will play not only some Jazz Messengers reportoire, but selections from several important records in the history of the music where Art was the drummer of choice for the session. There will be music composed by legendary jazz musicians as well as some standards from the Great American Songbook. It will be a selection of some songs that aren't heard as frequently but are familiar to fans and serious students of the music.

Featured will be a stellar cast of some of the Pacific Northwest's finest and exciting players, It's going to be a birthday celebration you're not going to want to miss!

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