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 ...

October 11, 2019 • Jazz drummer, bandleader and mentor Art Blakey was born 100 years ago. The Jazz Messengers came to be called Blakey's University and graduated stars Donald Byrd, Wayne Shorter ...

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 ...

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 ...