Arthur 'Art' Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to the Islamic religion. Blakey was born on October 11, 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a single mother, who died shortly after his birth. He is described as having been 'raised with his siblings by […]
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