26 May Art Blakely Tribute this Sunday

New Orleans Creole Restaurant has an upcoming event this Sunday that will present the music of Art Blakey and his famed band The Jazz Messengers. Beginning at 8:00 pm, the ensemble will play music from the Jazz Messengers’ 50-year history.

“Drummer Art Blakey was at the forefront of the bebop movement of the 1940’s and ‘50’s in New York. The Jazz Messengers, first formed by Blakey in 1947, quickly became a proving ground for most of the major names in jazz in the last 50 years. Keith Jarrett, Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Horace Silver, Kevin Eubanks (of the Tonight Show), Kenny Garrett, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and scores of other influential musicians were members of The Jazz Messengers at one time or another and gained from Blakey’s tutelage. Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after his conversion to Islam in the late 1940’s, recorded over 130 albums as a leader in his lengthy career as a bandleader and drummer.” (source)

When: Sunday, May 30th
Music begins at 8:00pm with a second seating at 9:30pm

Where: New Orleans Creole Restaurant, 114 First Avenue South

Price: Admission is $10.00 and reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited. For reservations, call (206) 622-2563.