| This is Art Blakey, the professor who single-handedly
chaired the University of Jazz, which groomed and provided a
stage for some of its greatest figures over the past fifty years.
This image, taken October 23, 1957 during a club date at the
Cork & Bib, is also the cover shot for the classic record
The Big Beat. |
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Lee Morgan (tp)
Wayne Shorter (ts)
Bobby Timmons (p)
Jymie Merritt (b)
Art Blakey (d)
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