Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers'Hard Bop Academy - The sidemen of art Blakey's Jazz messengers' examines the multitude of gifted artists who populated the many editions of the Jazz Messengers. In addition to dissecting the sidemen's most consequential work with Blakey's band, jazz musician and Alan Goldsher offers up engaging profiles of everyone from Wynton Marsalis to Terence Blanchard to Hank Mobley to Wayne Shorter to Horace Silver to Keith Jarrett to Curtis Fuller to Steve Davis. Goldsher conducted over 30 interviews with surviving graduates of Blakey's Hard Bop Academy, many of whom spoke at length of their tenure with the legendary 'Buhaina' for the first time. |
Contents
ART BLAKEY The Messenger and His Message | xix |
HIGH MODES The Trumpeters | 5 |
Kenny Dorham | 7 |
Donald Byrd | 10 |
Bill Hardman | 12 |
Lee Morgan | 15 |
Freddie Hubbard | 20 |
Chuck Mangione | 25 |
Horace Silver | 85 |
Bobby Timmons | 89 |
Walter Davis Jr | 92 |
Cedar Walton | 95 |
Keith Jarrett | 99 |
James Williams | 101 |
Donald Brown | 105 |
Mulgrew Miller | 108 |
Woody Shaw | 28 |
Valery Ponomarev | 30 |
Wynton Marsalis | 33 |
Terence Blanchard | 37 |
Brian Lynch | 41 |
WALLACE RONEY was destined to be a Jazz Messenger Wallace was very anxious to play with Blakey Valery Ponomarev said We met Wallace wh... | 43 |
NOISE IN THE ATTIC The Saxophonists | 45 |
Hank Mobley | 47 |
Jackie McLean | 50 |
Benny Golson | 53 |
Wayne Shorter | 57 |
David Schnitter | 62 |
Bobby Watson | 65 |
Billy Pierce | 70 |
Branford Marsalis | 72 |
Donald Harrison | 76 |
Javon Jackson | 78 |
SAXOPHONE OTES | 81 |
ROOTS AND HERBS The Pianists | 83 |
Benny Green | 111 |
Geoffrey Keezer | 115 |
PIANO NOTES | 117 |
THE BIG BEAT The Boss Chef | 119 |
Doug Watkins | 121 |
Jymie Merritt | 123 |
Curtis Fuller | 126 |
Reggie Workman | 129 |
Charles Fambrough | 131 |
Lonnie Plaxico | 134 |
Robin Eubanks | 137 |
Steve Davis | 140 |
IASS CLEF NOTES | 142 |
Messengers Pay Homage to Art Blakey | 147 |
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS | 153 |
References | 157 |
Index | 167 |
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