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Encyclopedia > Ed Blackwell

Ed Blackwell (October 10, 1929October 7, 1992) was a jazz drummer. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ...


Blackwell first came to national attention as the drummer with Ornette Coleman's quartet around 1960. He is known as one of the great innovators of the free jazz of the 1960s, fusing New Orleans and African rhythms with bebop. After years of kidney problems, he died in 1992. Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman (born March 19, 1930) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. ...


Selected discography

The Ed Blackwell Project

  • What It Be Like?
  • What It Is!

Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman (born March 19, 1930) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ...

  • This Is Our Music
  • Ornette On Tenor
  • Ornette!
  • Free Jazz
  • The Complete Science Fiction Sessions

John Coltrane and Don Cherry John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Don Cherry (18 November 1936 - 19 October 1995) was an innovative jazz trumpeter probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ...

  • The Avante-Garde

Eric Dolphy and Booker Little Out to Lunch, 1964 Eric Allan Dolphy (born June 20, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA- June 29, 1964 in Berlin, Germany) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet and was educated at Los Angeles City College. ... Booker Little, Jr (born on April 2, 1938 in Memphis, TN. Died October 5, 1961 in New York City, NY) was a United States Jazz Trumpeter and Composer. ...

  • At the Five Spot, Vols 1 & 2
  • Memorial Album

Dewey Redman Dewey Redman is a free jazz saxophonist. ...

  • Tarik
  • Red And Black

Old And New Dreams Old And New Dreams was a jazz group that existed from 1976 to 1987, and was composed of tenor saxophone player Dewey Redman, bassist Charlie Haden, trumpet player Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell. ...

  • Old And New Dreams (Black Saint)
  • Old And New Dreams (ECM)
  • Playing
  • Tribute To Ed Blackwell

David Murray ECM (Editions of Contemporary Music) is a record label founded in 1969 by Manfred Eicher, who has continued to take an active interest in the music released by the label, acting as producer on most of its recordings. ... There have been several well-known people named David Murray, including: David Murray (Scottish politician) (died 1631) David Murray, 4th Viscount of Stormont (died 1731) David Murray (jazz musician) (born 1955) David Murray (computer scientist) David Murray (Scottish businessman) Dave Murray (musician) (Iron Maiden guitarist) David Murray, British Formula One...

  • Ming's Samba

Joe Lovano Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born 29 December 1952) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinet player. ...

  • From The Soul

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Ed Blackwell - Biography - AOL Music (652 words)
Ed Blackwell made his reputation as a member of Ornette Coleman's band in the early '60s; without that association, one wonders whether he would be considered one of the great jazz percussionists.
Blackwell's incongruous "squareness" was come by honestly, for one of his earliest influences was the traditional New Orleans percussion style of Paul Barbarin.
Blackwell recorded very seldom as a leader, though just before his death he made Walls, a posthumously released trio recording with Dewey Redman and bassist Cameron Brown that showed -- especially given his deteriorating physical condition -- he was still a voice to reckon with.
Ed Blackwell: Information from Answers.com (989 words)
Edward Blackwell was born in New Orleans, Lousiana.
Blackwell first came to national attention as the drummer with Ornette Coleman's quartet around 1960, when he took over for Billy Higgins in the quartet's legendary stand at the Five Spot in New York City.
In the late 70's Blackwell became an Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Blackwell was a beloved figure on the Wesleyan Campus until he died.
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