By the time Art Blakey recorded The Freedom Rider, segregation in public bus terminals was outlawed. But the battle had just begun. State and local governments in the South continued to enforce ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — George Cables remembers the night of his first gig with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers ... art rooted in the Black experience that encouraged incredible creative freedom, “to be what you ...

In January 1961, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers were on their first tour ... them exhaling while enjoying a quintet that embraced improvisation, independence and freedom. They also recognized that ...