BLAKEY, ARTHUR (ART
) (also known as ABDULLAH IBN BUHAINA). Jazz drummer ( in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). He began his professional career playing piano with local groups in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then later changed to drums. Thereafter he played with various groups, including
James (Jimmy
) Murray
(early 1940s in Pittsburgh),
Mary Lou Williams
(1942), the
Fletcher Henderson
(1943-44),
William (Billy
) Eckstine
(1944-47),
Lucius (Lucky
)...