Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Concert History

Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led it. When Silver dropped out in the group's first year the group name was changed to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter was a long-standing member of the group, joining after the departure of Benny Golson, while other young musicians like Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, James 'Blood' Ulmer,Jymie Merritt, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Marsalis would come and go.

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 12, 1990
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Liederhalle Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Jun 30, 1990
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Jazz à Vienne

Théâtre Antique de Vienne Vienne, France
Apr 29, 1990
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 02, 1989 –
Sep 04, 1989
Bumbershoot 1989
Al Green / Chris Isaak / Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / Sir Mix-A-Lot / B.B. King / Dr. John / Little Richard / George Thorogood & The Destroyers / George Clinton / Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / Johnny Winter / the rippingtons / Bobby “Blue” Bland / Phoebe Snow / NRBQ / Joe Louis Walker / Hank Ballard And The Midnighters / K.T. Oslin / Seattle Symphony / Trilok Gurtu / Zachary Richard / Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters / Livingston Taylor / Stan Freberg / Nana Vasconcelos / Tracy Nelson / Fatala / Wayne Horvitz / Marti Jones / Crazy 8s / Mitch Woods And His Rocket 88's / Zion Harmonizers / Valerie Wellington / Alexander Cockburn / Otis Rush With Ronnie Earl / Jerome Rothenberg / Guillermo Gomez-pena / Pacific Northwest Ballet Show all bands
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Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
Jul 14, 1989
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jun 18, 1989
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Playboy Jazz Festival

Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California, United States
Apr 27, 1989
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Kursaal Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Feb 12, 1989
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Bacchanal San Diego, California, United States
Jan 26, 1989
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 10, 1988
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

North Sea Jazz

Congresgebouw The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Jun 27, 1988
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Verona Jazz

Teatro Romano Verona, Veneto, Italy
Jan 22, 1988
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Paris Paris, Île-de-France, France
Sep 05, 1987
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Chicago Jazz Festival

Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Show Duplicate for Sep 05, 1987
Aug 14, 1987
Tete Montoliu / Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Jazz in Marciac

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Chapiteau Marciac, France
Apr 29, 1987
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Club Studio 2 Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Jan 22, 1987
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Nov 14, 1986
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Mühle Hunziken Rubigen, Switzerland
Oct 06, 1986
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Tonhalle Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Aug 30, 1986
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival '86

Yamanakako Tokusetsu Yagai Stage Yamanakako, Japan
Jul 11, 1986 –
Jul 13, 1986
North Sea Jazz Festival 1986
Herbie Hancock / John Scofield / Al Jarreau / david sanborn / spyro gyra / Ray Barretto / Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / Arturo Sandoval / Freddie hubbard / Ahmad Jamal Trio / Los Van Van / Tania Maria / Paquito D'Rivera / Gil Evans / Joe Zawinul / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Miles Davis / Ray Charles / Randy Brecker / Woody Shaw / Jon Hendricks / McCoy Tyner trio / Richie cole / Joe Henderson Show all bands
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The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers on Apr 28, 1980 [662-small]

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Apr 28, 1980
 Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Bumbershoot 1989 on Sep 2, 1989 [715-small]

Bumbershoot 1989
Sep 2 - 4, 1989
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bumbershoot 1989
Sep 2 - 4, 1989
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bumbershoot 1989
Sep 2 - 4, 1989
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bumbershoot 1989
Sep 2 - 4, 1989
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bumbershoot 1989
Sep 2 - 4, 1989
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Sep 2 - 4, 1989
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Quaker City Jazz Festival (Day 1 of 3) on Aug 26, 1960 [298-small]

Quaker City Jazz Festival (Day 1 of 3)
Aug 26, 1960
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Genres:

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Free Jazz
Swing
Bebop
Hard Bop
Cool Jazz
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Jazz Drums
Afro-Jazz
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  1. Hammerhead
  2. Lament
  3. Jody
  4. The Core
  5. Blues March

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Concerts Per Year:

1990 3 concerts
1989 6 concerts
1988 3 concerts
1987 4 concerts
1986 6 concerts
1985 3 concerts
1984 3 concerts
1983 5 concerts
1982 2 concerts
1981 4 concerts
1980 3 concerts
1979 2 concerts
1978 5 concerts
1977 22 concerts
1976 11 concerts
1975 1 concert
1974 1 concert
1973 1 concert
1972 1 concert
1971 2 concerts
1969 10 concerts
1968 4 concerts
1967 16 concerts
1966 10 concerts
1965 40 concerts
1964 8 concerts
1963 30 concerts
1962 35 concerts
1961 29 concerts
1960 73 concerts
1959 95 concerts
1958 12 concerts
1957 3 concerts
1955 1 concert

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