The music, life and times of Art Blakey

GREENE COUNTY

  • Nick Rosen on the piano and Kevin Smith on bass hit the right notes.
    Nick Rosen on the piano and Kevin Smith on bass hit the right notes.
  • The Jazz Legacy Project on stage at Festival Hall with the Music and Life of Art Blakey.
    The Jazz Legacy Project on stage at Festival Hall with the Music and Life of Art Blakey.
As part of its Jazz Legacy Project, Greensboro’s Festival Hall presented The Music of Art Blakey last Thursday night before an appreciative, sold-out audience. Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader, who made a name for himself in the 1940s with Billy Eckstine and Fletcher Henderson, two of the big bands of the time. A decade later, Blakey played with jazz legends Thelonious Monk,…

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