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The 11 pages that link to Art Blakey, each with the reason it gives.

• Hard bopRelated: His band became a leading training ground and showcase for hard bop.

• Blue Note RecordsRelated: His Blue Note recordings and mentorship made the Jazz Messengers a major source of new talent.

• Jazz drummingRelated: His forceful playing and mentorship linked drumming to hard bop’s ensemble sound.

• Billy EckstineRelated: He was among the jazz innovators who played in Eckstine’s band.

• Wayne ShorterRelated: As a Jazz Messenger, Shorter became the group’s musical director and a prolific composer.

• CaravanRelated: Blakey’s 1962 album Caravan recast the title composition in a hard-bop setting.

• Elvin JonesCompared with: Blakey offers a contrasting model of powerful jazz drumming and leadership.

• Horace SilverRelated: Blakey and Silver co-led an early Jazz Messengers group that helped establish hard bop.

• Wynton MarsalisRelated: Marsalis joined Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as a young trumpeter, gaining a formative bandstand apprenticeship.

• Keith JarrettRelated: Jarrett joined Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1965, an early major ensemble role.

• Buddy RichCompared with: Blakey’s ensemble-centered hard-bop leadership differs from Rich’s big-band showmanship.